GP Rejects

Celebrating the underfunded backmarkers of Formula 1 since 2015.

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A special Bank Holiday Driver Profile for you lovely people! Toranosuke Takagi arrived in the late 90s as Japan's fresh new F1 hope, but two pointless seasons later he was out of the sport. Read his story right here today! https://t.co/zmwRvhY0Fi

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NEW Driver Profile! Vincenzo Sospiri had junior success which rivialled Michael Schumacher, however his F1 career lasted one weekend, a victim of the Mastercard Lola debacle. Read his story right here! https://t.co/4rnwfFAg2V

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Find out who obliterated the opposition enroute to our first set of 2023 GPR Awards at the #BahrainGP! #IIDOTR #ROTR
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#OnThisDay in 2010, a new F1 season began in Bahrain.

On the grid were 3 new teams - Team Lotus, Virgin Racing and last but certainly not least, Hispania Racing Team (HRT)!

Only the two Lotuses finished the Grand Prix, with Heikki Kovalainen 15th and Jarno Trulli 17th.

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Our latest Gravel Trap is a review of the 2000 Austrian Grand Prix with a twist - we've watched it through the prism of the epic battle between Minardi and Prost for 10th in the constructors! #TheGravelTrap
https://t.co/CTPzhHpk6E

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Take part in voting for Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race for the #BahrainGP on the world famous Grand Prix Rejects forum! #F1 #IIDOTR https://t.co/RLSnAmpvSv

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Take part in voting for Reject of The Race for the #BahrainGP on the world famous Grand Prix Rejects forum! #F1 #ROTR https://t.co/qcdF2T3r6h

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Esteban Ocon getting a penalty for speeding in the pits while serving a penalty which by itself was caused by him serving the initial penalty is easily the most rejectful thing that has happened this weekend!

#BahrainGP

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Looking for somewhere to follow the #BahrainGP? Join the world famous Grand Prix Rejects community on our Discord server! https://t.co/Wy1D51RN04

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We've got a brand new season of GPR Predicament Predictions, taking place on the world famous GPR forum. Get your subs in quickly and participate! #BahrainGP #F1 https://t.co/qofrOaNTrZ

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There's just enough time left in the F1 preseason for a GPR Season Preview, surely the only 2023 F1 season preview anywhere to reference Prost Grand Prix and EuroBrun! https://t.co/GFlHCcw9xy

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We'll always remember Slim Borgudd for dragging an ATS into the points at Silverstone in 1981, a truly heroic effort by the Swede.

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#OnThisDay 26 years ago, the one and only MasterCard Lola T97/30 was launched at the Hilton Hotel in London.

Lola team boss Eric Broadley and its two drivers, Vincenzo Sospiri and Ricardo Rosset were present at this event.

The rest, as they say, is history...

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It's time to finally close the door on the 2022 Season, and in fashionably late style! The GPR Season Review is finally live, where we determine the 2022 Reject of the Year! https://t.co/Mz3EP20tmY

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GPR would like to wish a very happy birthday to Giovanni Lavaggi or as he is somewhat affectionately known by #F1 fans, "Johnny Carwash"!

The Italian driver made 10 entries, starting in 7 of them for Pacific and Minardi from 1995-96. His best finish was 10th at Hungary in 1996.

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The 2023 Formula 1 season must finally be upon us, as we have another episode of the Teammate Collision to feast upon! Join Jeremy and Lennart as they tackle the Formula 1 off-season. https://t.co/DTRNCpbXpw

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Morning everyone. We're suffering technical issues with our account following recent changes to this platform. We've therefore decided to launch a new GPR Twitter account to safeguard our presence, @gprejects_

We're upgrading from an Osella FA1L to an Osella FA1M!

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Arguably Formula 1's first true backmarker and a pioneer for Belgian motorsport, Johnny Claes is fondly remembered at GP Rejects, so much so we have a three-part profile on the chap! https://t.co/5362NLNtwO

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Remembering jazz trumpeter & #F1 driver Johnny Claes, who died of TB #OnThisDay in ’56, aged just 39. He started 23 GPs, without huge success, but his day of days was 3rd place at #LeMans in ’55, in a D-Type Jag. Pic: in a Talbot-Lago T26C, Silverstone ’50, the first ever F1 GP.

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18 years ago today, the beginnings of NissanyMania as Paul Stoddart signed Chanoch Nissany as Minardi's test driver for 2005. GPR's all-time favourite tester, some say Formula 1 has never been the same since Nissany left the sport!

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On This Day in 2005, Narain Karthikeyan was confirmed as a Jordan driver, beginning an F1 career which would also take in two seasons with Hispania!