Grand Prix Rejects

With no sign of the good Captain again, I fear it's time to start this one.

As I'm taking no part in watching this weekend, I'm nominating Bernie Ecclestone, Jean Todt, the FIA and the Bahrani organisers already. No ifs, no buts. Full stop, new paragraph.

EDIT: Another nomination - Formula One

Bernie. Insensitive, uncaring, blind to the facts.

The Whole F1 Circus.

I don't need a race to make my mind up.

Bernie Ecclestone.

The whole race meeting and everything connected to it.

I'll go against the current here and nominate the non-F1 hype and hysteria polluting the Grand Prix. Everyone has an agenda. Mine is to watch the race and get my fill of failures, moaning, succes and lying that goes along with the on-track action. Couldn't care less for the rest, and none of us has a real clue what is really going on and what the point of it is. I just filter it out.

So my ROTR is the hysteria and ill-informed doom and gloom surrounding the Grand Prix. EDIT - before someone takes offense, i meant in all media not on this forum.

Simple answer: Two Words. Burnme Ecclestone. Maybe the Molotov cocktail thrown at the Force India team members was actually aimed at Bernie's car and missed.

If he's smart, he should announce his resignation IMMEDIATELY or face further reprisals.

I think Bernie deserves more than a ROTR for this to be honest.

Jessica Michibata's new hairstyle.

Also, Formula One. It's not often that I seriously contemplate not watching a race, but the way the Bahrain GP situation has been handled just makes me sick (Bernie in particular. I won't say what I think of him right now because this is supposed to be a family-friendly website) and I'm just hoping we'll get to the end of the weekend without any horrible tragedies.

Bernie and the FIA for making everyone go to Bahrain in the first place

The Passenger wrote:Jessica Michibata's new hairstyle.

I love it!

Ferrim wrote:

The Passenger wrote:Jessica Michibata's new hairstyle.

I love it!

As do I.

And yes, it'll have to go to Bernie for the time being. Although I feel he deserves way more than that.

Ferrim wrote:

The Passenger wrote:Jessica Michibata's new hairstyle.

I love it!

Me too! I might get a fringe like that!

Bernie Ecclestone, for making a race being run here when nobody really wanted it to happen.

The Passenger wrote:Jessica Michibata's new hairstyle.

On the basis of that nomination, The Passenger.

But to be serious, Bernie has really outdone himself this time. Risking the lives of hundreds of employees just so he can pocket a few more dodgy oil funded dictator dollars. Disgraceful.

Slogan of the race

I immediately nominate The FIA and anyone else involved in organizing the race for obvious reasons. Even if Jenson Button crashes the car on his own right, the Ferrari engines go boom, Raikkonen goes completely anonymous, and if Marussia, HRT and Caterham fail to qualify.

Bernard Charles Ecclestone

So we can pretty much close the voting now...

The reject of the Bahrain Grand Prix is.....The Bahrain Grand Prix itself

Bernie, Bahrain's leaders, Formula One as a whole, they all deserve Reject of the Race. This is the first time I've actively avoided Formula One coverage since I've been watching the sport. Ironically, some of my friends have suddenly become interested in F1, starting many conversations where I try to explain the situation.

kostas22 wrote:

The Passenger wrote:Jessica Michibata's new hairstyle.

On the basis of that nomination, The Passenger.

But... but Jessica's old hairstyle was so much nicer! I can't possibly be the only one who doesn't particularly care for that sort of fringe.

Anonymous hackers. That is all.

FMecha wrote:Formula 1. That is all.

Fixed

Honorable mention to the FOM for not showing Force India at all during qualifying.

Changing my vote to Mercedes for screwing Schuey over ONCE AGAIN. (yes, it needs that much emphasizing, it's the third time this year!)

Honorable mention to FOM and the FIA for not showing any footage of the Force Indias, and to Bernie and all involved for actually letting the race go through in these pathetic conditions. But for seriousness' sake, my vote is for Mercedes.

Did they not show Force India because of their unhappiness at being in Bahrain?

AdrianSutil wrote:Did they not show Force India because of their unhappiness at being in Bahrain?

I wouldn't be surprised, the current Formula One management, particularly a certain ex-Brabham manager, is about as democratic and accepting towards dissidents as Soviet Union.

*USER WAS TAKEN TO A GULAG FOR THIS POST*

You petty bourgeois! Are you suggesting that the country of true democracy and socialism is somehow comparable with Ecclestone's evil empire? Those Finns will never learn!

You'll go to the GULAG!

Ferrim wrote:You petty bourgeois! Are you suggesting that the country of true democracy and socialism is somehow comparable with Ecclestone's evil empire? Those Finns will never learn!

You'll go to the GULAG!

I believe you forgot to call him a decadent capitalist pig-dog.

The Georgie Thompson / Anthony Davidson vignettes on Sky Sports.

Cringe inducing.

- McLaren
utterly slow here, Button retired, Hamilton: another pitstop botched

- Nico Hülkenberg
UTTERLY anonymous, while di Resta brought himself one sixth closer to unrejectification

Mclaren : shocking performance. Botched pit stops, lacklustre pace and Button retiring to save his engine.

Ricciardo : was quickly relegated to the back of the field. Passed by a Caterham.

Bahrain government : so much squirming...

McLaren: what an abject failure. It's like they are trying to loose the championship.

In terms of the actual race:

Ricciardo
McLaren
Hulkenberg

McLaren - Like they wanted to get out of Bahrain ASAP.
Nico Rosberg - Britney turned naughty. Very naughty. Lucky not to get DSQ.

DHMs:
Sauber - Disaster strategy for Koba hanging him out to dry.
Williams - Double retirement - No pace.
Bernie - Lucky to see the race finished in one piece - but forever a PR disaster for F1.

It has to be McLaren - appalling pit stops and no race pace worth shouting about.

Sauber - They have come crashing back to earth after Sepang, with Kobayashi on a poor strategy and Perez nowhere.
McLaren pit crew -
Lotus - Wimps. They should've moved Grosjean out of the way, and I'd like to have seen Kimi try to use pit later and use softs at his last stop.

But the winner (apart from the political side) has to be:
Daniel Ricciardo - Dammit Daniel. You proved me right. He got passed, then spent a fair chunk of the race behind Petrov, took 1 lap to find himself behind Vergne (what is it with Aussies and hopeless starts?), and was all around crap. Others have been sacked by STR for better performances than that, he needs to pick it up immediately, or be tossed on the heap with the likes of Speed and Bourdais.

Nico Rosberg - How...just, HOW did he not get penalized? He deserved a black flag for those two moments at the very least. And did he seriously call Lewis out for "overtaking him outside the track" on the radio? He just took last week's win and shat on it. Disgusting.

Honorable mentions:
* McLaren. What the fizzleplug? Pathetic all around. They just threw both championships with that.
* Ricciardo - Shameful. Bad start, bad race all around. Did he get overtaken by a Caterham? Seriously?
* Anybody who pretended to care, even for a single second, about the situation in Bahrain, and who was selfish, immature and stupid enough to go all "CANCEL THE RACE" "WE WON'T WATCH THE RACE, WE WON'T COVER THE RACE ON OUR WEBSITE" "Sebastian Vettel won today, but it is all overshadowed by our collective brains taking a far-- oh, I mean, the protests and the bloodshed." Yes, myself included, as you can see on the previous page.