F1rejects.com 'Reject Of The Race' award winners
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F1rejects.com is an excellent site which features comprehensive reviews of each race since 2000 (although the last few races of 2008 are missing). The site gives a ‘Reject Of The Race’ award to the driver/team/individual(s)/inanimate object that most deserves a place in a ‘Hall of Shame’. This year’s winners:
Bahrain – over-hyping of the 2010 season
Australia – Mark Webber
Malaysia – BMW Sauber
China – Vitantonio Liuzzi
Spain – Bruno Senna
Monaco – Article 40.13
Turkey – Sebastian Vettel, Christian Horner, Helmut Marko
Canada – Michael Schumacher
Europe – Race Control
Britain – BMW Sauber pit crew
Germany – Force India
Hungary – Michael Schumacher
Belgium – Sebastian Vettel
Italy – Nico Hulkenberg (+ stewards)
Singapore – Kamui Kobayashi
Japan – Lucas di Grassi
Korea – Adrian Sutil
Brazil – Vitantonio Liuzzi
Abu Dhabi – Podium rose water
Also, at the start of the season, the site predicted who/what the ‘Rejects of the Season’ would be. Some of them were quite accurate:
Bahrain’s ‘endurance’ layout – did not prove popular, and the race will go back to the old layout in 2011.
Crowds (or lack thereof) in Istanbul – lack of crowds at Istanbul has been a talking point, but the race is currently on the provisional 2011 calendar despite some initial doubts.
The new teams’ hopes of matching the established outfits – despite points now being awarded down to 10th, all the new teams failed to score.
Williams’ aspirations of being a front-running team again – Williams were a distinctly midfield team all season (bar Hulkenberg’s pole).
Renault – you know you’re in trouble when you’re sponsored by Lada – Considering the situation they were in at the end of 2009, 2010 was not actually a bad season at all for Renault.
Virgin’s all-CFD design – this novel approach managed to underestimate the size of the fuel tank. The car was also particularly unreliable in the early part of the season.
The “BMW Sauber Ferrari” name – this name is due to be changed for 2011.
Of the drivers, Vitantonio Liuzzi and Pedro de la Rosa – de la Rosa was dropped mid-season, and Liuzzi’s future was in doubt on more than one occasion.
Zoran Stefanovic – you know you haven’t heard the last of him yet – did apply unsuccessfully to enter in 2011.
USF1’s attempts to be back on the grid in 2011 – I think we all know what happened here…
Yeah I too love F1 Rejects, mainly for the podcasts, as they hardly ever write new reject profile’s these days. Keith Collantine actually got a mention on one last season. Completely agree with their choice of RotR for Abu Dhabi too, they need something fizzy on the podium in future…
Also, reading the Abu Dhabi race review I spotted this interesting stat which I have not seen mentioned anywhere else:
“the top six in the championship is exactly in the reverse order to when they last led the points”
Which, when you think about it, is true: Massa, Button, Hamilton, Webber, Alonso and Vettel
Some good ones there!
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Haha nice idea. These are who I’d award “Biggest fail” in each race.
Bahrain – F1 for over-hyping
Australia- Mark Webber
Malaysia – The Weather
China – Toro Rosso’s front suspensions
Spain – Fernando Alonso’s comments
Monaco – The Rule book
Turkey – Red Bull
Canada – Michael Schumacher
Europe – Race Control
Britain – Red Bull
Germany – Germany
Hungary – Michael Schumacher
Belgium – Sebastian Vettel
Italy – Race Stewards
Singapore- Michael Schumacher
Japan – Lucas di Grassi
Korea – Mark Webber
Brazil – Felipe Massa
Abu Dhabi- Ferrari
He said getting places from Hamilton and Vettel in that way felt better than any overtaking move
That is rather amusing. Pantomime Villain Moste Evile. :-D
f1rejects.com’s end of year driver rankings:
1. Robert Kubica
2. Mark Webber
3. Lewis Hamilton
4. Sebastian Vettel
5. Nico Rosberg
6. Fernando Alonso
7: Kamui Kobayashi
8. Adrian Sutil
9. Jenson Button
10. Rubens Barrichello
11. Heikki Kovalainen
12. Timo Glock
13. Jaime Alguersuari
14. Felipe Massa
15. Vitaly Petrov
16. Nico Hulkenberg
17: Karun Chandhok
18. Pedro de la Rosa
19. Jarno Trulli
20. Michael Schumacher
21. Sebastien Buemi
22. Sakon Yamamoto
23. Bruno Senna
24. Lucas di Grassi
25. Vitantonio Liuzzi
N/A: Christian Klien
N/A: Nick Heidfeld
Not entirely sure why Klien and Heidfeld were not ranked – perhaps they didn’t start enough races?
Team rankings:
1. Red Bull Renault
2. Renault
3. McLaren Mercedes
4. Ferrari
5. Lotus Cosworth
6. Force India Mercedes
7. Williams Cosworth
8. Sauber Ferrari
9. Mercedes
10. Toro Rosso Ferrari
11. Virgin Cosworth
12. HRT Cosworth
Both the driver and team lists take into consideration ‘equipment, past form, luck (or lack thereof) and … initial expectations for 2010’.
Top 3 Rejects of 2010:
1 Vitantonio Liuzzi
2 Lucas di Grassi
3 Bruno Senna
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