Grand Prix Rejects

Henrique wrote:Indeed, they look slow. And the Best Lap and Speed data at the end says it all. Being six seconds slower than Pedro Diniz is not good at all for Rosset

I think that fact that Rosset was over one second slower than his rookie team mate Sospiri was even more telling than the gap to Diniz's Arrows for Riccardo. That statistic alone really does show why Ken Tyrrell was so disgusted when BAR appointed Rosset instead of Verstappen to be Tyrrell's second driver in 1998, especially if you compare the two drivers' performances at Arrows in 1996.

Faustus wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jITe8sdKClU&feature=related

Really nice recovery by Enrique Bernoldi after an idiotic attempt at overtaking by Felipe Massa.

The spin-turn was quite nice but I find it humourous that Bernoldi decides to re-enter the track by driving behind Massa so the Sauber can't drive straight into him again.

Nice of Buemi to try to recreate this at the GP this year wasn't it?

Next year, do you think someone will recreate the massive Piquet/Patrese crash from 84 if we ask nicely?

Barbazza wrote:Nice of Buemi to try to recreate this at the GP this year wasn't it?

Next year, do you think someone will recreate the massive Piquet/Patrese crash from 84 if we ask nicely?

I'd perfer to see a Piquet-de Cesaris hairpin argument of 1988 or '89 which was described on an episode of Formula One Saga as 'arguing like Roman taxi drivers after interlocking wheels at Loews.'

RejectSteve wrote:

Barbazza wrote:Nice of Buemi to try to recreate this at the GP this year wasn't it?

Next year, do you think someone will recreate the massive Piquet/Patrese crash from 84 if we ask nicely?

I'd perfer to see a Piquet-de Cesaris hairpin argument of 1988 or '89 which was described on an episode of Formula One Saga as 'arguing like Roman taxi drivers after interlocking wheels at Loews.'

about 0.56

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lQU3Ofs_Dk&feature=related
Brundle was lucky he made it past the start/finish line and that nobody collected him off the start... Blundell was even luckier as not only did he keep it together (just) but the guys that started behind him gave him some room as well.

Not a reject driver, but here's a tribute to Jos Verstappen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAEcdiVr ... PL&index=3

Plus a brilliant Taki Inoue interview type thing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShMrnxmX3LU

Olivier Grouillard at his blocking best in Adelade 1990 especially of Nigel Mansell while 5 laps down http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8urWDuQxn0Q

Oh, what an annoying person. And notice he let the McLaren pass. There must have been some conspiracy theory there back in the day.

Henrique wrote:Oh, what an annoying person. And notice he let the McLaren pass. There must have been some conspiracy theory there back in the day.

Nah. There was no internet back then and there were no idiots to populate it.

Captain Hammer wrote:

Henrique wrote:Oh, what an annoying person. And notice he let the McLaren pass. There must have been some conspiracy theory there back in the day.

Nah. There was no internet back then and there were no idiots to populate it.

Well, thank god I've found my place!

Captain Hammer wrote:

Henrique wrote:Oh, what an annoying person. And notice he let the McLaren pass. There must have been some conspiracy theory there back in the day.

Nah. There was no internet back then and there were no idiots to populate it.

Yay, I'm home!

Not an F1 reject, but drove like one for a lot of his career, videos devoted to Rene Arnoux and the bad parts of his driving. Worst clip of all is Adelaide 88, that's in part 3. Monaco 89 is diabolical driving also, summed up excellently by James Hunt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8grEc6ea ... playnext=1

Here's some subtitle comedy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO8TLBn7z1k

Henrique wrote:Here's some subtitle comedy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO8TLBn7z1k

The clincher: 3 minutes 34 seconds.

Not F1, but the pit stops in the British GT race are really reject worthy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xjtvEny ... re=channel

Life w12 wrote:Not F1, but the pit stops in the British GT race are really reject worthy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xjtvEny ... re=channel

That just made my morning! Thank you.

CarlosFerreira wrote:

Life w12 wrote:Not F1, but the pit stops in the British GT race are really reject worthy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xjtvEny ... re=channel

That just made my morning! Thank you.

Made my afternoon too. A clusterf*** of epic proportions, I doubt they would be going back to Thruxton in a hurry.

What is this?! You cannot have "double parked pit stops" as they call it, can you? That is ridiculous. If there is no space to queue up behind the car in the pit slot, a driver has to go round again. But what did they do? Open up a 2nd row and then when it was all jammed, push their way out. I wonder what the stewards said about this.

Yannick wrote:What is this?! You cannot have "double parked pit stops" as they call it, can you? That is ridiculous. If there is no space to queue up behind the car in the pit slot, a driver has to go round again. But what did they do? Open up a 2nd row and then when it was all jammed, push their way out. I wonder what the stewards said about this.

The stewards were rolling on the floor, laughing, so they probably couldn't say a thing anyway.

CarlosFerreira wrote:

Yannick wrote:What is this?! You cannot have "double parked pit stops" as they call it, can you? That is ridiculous. If there is no space to queue up behind the car in the pit slot, a driver has to go round again. But what did they do? Open up a 2nd row and then when it was all jammed, push their way out. I wonder what the stewards said about this.

The stewards were rolling on the floor, laughing, so they probably couldn't say a thing anyway.

if I were a steward i'd be sitting on the floor crying, sobbing "we're so gonna get fired" over it.

Let's spare a thought for Luca Badoer...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDTMQR4z2QE

Enrique Bernoldi wrote:Let's spare a thought for Luca Badoer...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDTMQR4z2QE

That moment was pretty heart-breaking, given the position where Badoer was. I'm sure everyone have symphaties for the poor Italian.

Nuppiz wrote:

Enrique Bernoldi wrote:Let's spare a thought for Luca Badoer...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDTMQR4z2QE

That moment was pretty heart-breaking, given the position where Badoer was. I'm sure everyone have symphaties for the poor Italian.

Yep. I would have wept by my car if I'd lost 4th place in a Minardi, too . From my favorite race though - such a rollercoaster of emotions!

Life w12 wrote:Not F1, but the pit stops in the British GT race are really reject worthy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xjtvEny ... re=channel

The only thing it needs is the Benny Hill music behind it...

Enrique Bernoldi wrote:Let's spare a thought for Luca Badoer...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDTMQR4z2QE

As a Minardi fan, I was nearly crying too I can tell you. Needless to say this happened during an advert break on ITV in the UK, so I was even less pleased, as Murray' commentary was much less dramatic second time round than it was during the ad break (which is the first part of you tube clip, and it's the first time I've heard it, so thanks for the link ).

That was easily Badoer's best ever race in Formula 1, and it really was desperately sad for him and the team. The only good news was that Gené kept Irvine behind him for the last point, which allowed Minardi to finish ahead of BAR in the constructors championship and tie with Arrows, which I will always remember fondly.

About 1999 standings interesting note is that if Ferrari's disqualification from Malaysian GP had stood, Minardi would have finished ahead of Arrows.

Gene was 9th in Malaysian GP and would have then been 7th. They both would have had one sixth place (de la Rosa/AUS, Gene/EUR) and one seventh place (Takagi/AUS, Gene/MAS) while Minardi was ahead in 8th places: Badoer had one in Imola and Gene one in Montreal while Arrows only had one with Takagi in Interlagos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAqlz58N3Ig

Jaime Alguersuari may have hijacked an ideal oppurtunity, but please get behind this appeal.

Bleu wrote:About 1999 standings interesting note is that if Ferrari's disqualification from Malaysian GP had stood, Minardi would have finished ahead of Arrows.

Gene was 9th in Malaysian GP and would have then been 7th. They both would have had one sixth place (de la Rosa/AUS, Gene/EUR) and one seventh place (Takagi/AUS, Gene/MAS) while Minardi was ahead in 8th places: Badoer had one in Imola and Gene one in Montreal while Arrows only had one with Takagi in Interlagos.

Oh yes, thank you for reminding me of that. I now have yet another reason to dislike Ferrari's special deal with the FIA, i.e. costing Minardi a position in the 1999 constructors' championship.

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

This is the end of the 1995 IndyCar race at Mid-Ohio. At the start Michael Andretti retires from the lead, and from 3:30 see Salazar refusing to be lapped in Arnoux-esque fashion.

Not F1, but the pit stops in the British GT race are really reject worthy

Um... ...that really wasn't the way to go about leaving the pits! {Life w12 - 15 posts ago}

Also, what happened with the silvery debris that went into the fast lane of the pits? Did anyone get a puncture from that thing?

Nick and Felipe show us their moves back when they were in Sauber:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRfCCYIv3EA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQGsbRpB ... re=related - Alonso, are you Ronaldo/Drogba (select depending on allegiance) in disguise?

Maybe you've seen it already, but it's too funny not to be posted:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpo8RDyOEWY&feature=related

This was when he drove the F1 car as well, wasn't it?

I know it's not F1, but it is vaguely about cars, and it si so brilliant - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY9u0LxIWJk&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Ftransmission%2Eblogs%2Etopgear%2Ecom%2F&feature=player_embedded (long URL )

Faustus wrote:This was when he drove the F1 car as well, wasn't it?

eeh dunno! Just followed a link from the "Pizzonia rolls a Jaguar S-Type" youtube page

What would we do without Dave?

This was when he drove the F1 car as well, wasn't it?

eeh dunno! Just followed a link from the "Pizzonia rolls a Jaguar S-Type" youtube page {muttley quoting Faustus - 2 posts ago}

Yes. Antonio was doing a 2003 pre-season tour round the track with a rather unlucky journalist as part of his Jaguar PR duties...