Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - 2014 Canada

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 08 Jun 2014, 19:43

based on the assumption that, at any moment in time, there is a non-zero probability that even the slowest, most inexperienced and least reliable of underdogs might win the race. That under every rock, there might be a gold nugget. This is the award for that first podium that we all celebrate, for the overtake no-one was expecting, for JEV's first win. This is the award, in short, for the driver or team that makes you go "Woah! Where did THAT come from?!".

Just remember: this is a feel-good award, that will focus on nothing but track action.
Usual rules: everyone gets two votes. First vote is worth 10 points, the second 6.

Post your results until 13th June

Ed24 · Post by **Ed24** » 08 Jun 2014, 19:44

1. Button - 4th place?????
2. Ricciardo

Paul Hayes · Post by **Paul Hayes** » 08 Jun 2014, 19:45

1 - Rosberg, hanging on to a podium.
2 - Button - where did that late pace come from?

Dj_bereta · Post by **Dj_bereta** » 08 Jun 2014, 19:47

1 - Ricciardo: First win. Patient and got the result.
2 - Button: Yeah, Jenson the opportunist is back.

went · Post by **went** » 08 Jun 2014, 19:47

1 - Pérez. He didn't finish, but that was impressive all race long.
2 - Button. How in the hell did he finish 4th??

rachel1990 · Post by **rachel1990** » 08 Jun 2014, 19:48

1- Mercedes- Their car managed to finish despite HUGE issues!!!!
2- Button - 4th????? Lucky boy

AxelP800 · Post by **AxelP800** » 08 Jun 2014, 19:48

1. Ricciardo

1. Massa. That was near

1. Button. 4th? Nice job

2. Rosberg. Still hanging on

GerhardTalger · Post by **GerhardTalger** » 08 Jun 2014, 19:51

1. Button - In a Buttonesque show he was suddenly 4th ahead of Hulk and Alonso.. how? why? where? Even the TV director didn't know Jenson was there...
2. Perez - Great race from 13th, too bad he couldn't last.

HM: Ricciardo, Massa, Rosberg

good_Ralf · Post by **good_Ralf** » 08 Jun 2014, 19:52

1) Perez
2) Ricciardo

eagleash · Post by **eagleash** » 08 Jun 2014, 19:54

Massa

Ricciardo/Perez

SeedStriker · Post by **SeedStriker** » 08 Jun 2014, 19:54

1) Sergio "Checo" Pérez: A titanic drive with tyre management that was ruined at the very end by his own Force India and kamikaze Felipe Massa.

2) Canadian Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve: A racer's circuit, a speed circiut, a circuit that always put a smile on us all.

Honorable mentions to Daniel Ricciardo (first win with his homage to the great Jack Brabham), Jenson Button (4th in that dog that is the McLaren), Nico Rosberg (hold the 2nd with a damaged car)

The Clash of the Titans Award goes to Daniel Ricciardo for his power pass over Sergio Perez

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 08 Jun 2014, 19:55

1. Ricciardo. DAT PASS :mrgreen:

2. Rosberg. He should've retired, and full credit for keeping it going.

Honourable mention to Button, who only doesn't get a nomination because he was anonymous up until the results were shown.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 08 Jun 2014, 19:58

1. Sergio Perez - I'd give it to Ricciardo, if I wasn't so amazed by Perez. He really should not have held 2nd for so long. He needed a race like this and delivered it - such a shame that Massa went full retard on him.
2. Daniel Ricciardo - Not his best day, and still he managed to make the most of his position and secure a very well deserved 1st win.

W12 · Post by **W12** » 08 Jun 2014, 20:00

1. Ricciardo. YAY! HE WON!

2. Button. 4th in the McLaren.

Post by **Londoner** » 08 Jun 2014, 20:00

1. Daniel Ricciardo - GET IN THERE MY SON! :mrgreen:

2 Jenson Button - How the hell did he nick 4th?

Honourable mentions to Sergio Perez, Reliability and the 2014 Canadian GP as a whole.

Post by **Miguel98** » 08 Jun 2014, 20:01

1- Mercedes's Reliability
Thank you very much for giving us this race. Please, let your drivers down even more so we can have more of this.

2- Rosberg
For mainting that thing on track.

roblo97 · Post by **roblo97** » 08 Jun 2014, 20:02

1) Daniel Ricciardo

2) Canadian Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

Jocke1 · Post by **Jocke1** » 08 Jun 2014, 20:06

1. Dan 'The Man'
2. Rosberg

tkcom · Post by **tkcom** » 08 Jun 2014, 20:07

Button - McLaren needs day-glo orange car because he just stealthed his way to P4.
Perez - So much potential if DRS didn't fail.

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 08 Jun 2014, 20:08

1. Ricky, because not even Red Bull themselves expected a win
2. Vergne, because finally the bloke had the chance to finish a race, and he scored 4 points.

DonTirri · Post by **DonTirri** » 08 Jun 2014, 20:10

1. Daniel. Ricciardo. Man, what a drive. I can already see Mark Webber weeping to his drink somewhere mumbling something about "but he's the no.2 driver... he's the no.2 driver"
2. I WOULD'VE given this to Massa had he not been a total bathplugging moron and steamrolled into Perez. Because we have a Brazilian idiot in the second Williams, I am going to give my nomination to Nico Rosberg. Having the very same problems as his retired teammate, he STILL managed to hang onto second. Consistency wins outright speed. Rosberg WDC 2014, I call it here.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 08 Jun 2014, 20:14

1. Force India
Magnificent work from the FI boys. Perez found his old Sauber form again and nursed his way to the front from a middling grid position. A massive shame his brakes faded at the end and Massa wiped him out. Hulkenberg did a fine job acting as Perez's rear gunner in the middle of the race, his sacrifice greatly assisted Perez managing to reach that far up the field in the first place. He still gets a 5th place for his troubles, which is a decent consolation. All around, a great effort from FI on a day in which their WCC rivals Williams looked like they'd flatten them.

I simply can't nominate a second. Today was a day of mistakes, not stellar drives. Ricciardo certainly put in a decent performance to win, but not a stellar one. Rosberg at least proved why he's a more rounded driver than Hamilton, by nursing his car home, but we'd expect nothing less from a driver at a top team, frankly. Alonso drove his Ferrari at a reasonable pace, but it was a very average day at the office for him. Button did just fine, but was helped into P4 by the Perez-Massa incident. Basically, nobody stood out in a good way apart from the Force Indias, only in bad ways...

Alextrax52 · Post by **Alextrax52** » 08 Jun 2014, 20:15

1 Jenson Button: Where did he come from?
2 Nico Rosberg: How he survived with no power is beyond me

Ricky gets a HM because Hulk helped him by holding Seb up. Just an Observation

besides he was capable of it from the word go

Meatwad · Post by **Meatwad** » 08 Jun 2014, 20:18

1. Daniel Ricciardo: I think this is one of the few race wins that make just about everyone happy!

2. (shared, 2 points for each) Mercedes' technical problems: Saved us from a boring race with a Mercedes 1-2.
Sergio Pérez: He deserved fourth (or even better). It's really a shame that Massa crashed into him.
Jenson Button: Managed to take a fourth place after being nowhere for most of the race. Very impressive especially considering where Magnussen finished.

LellaLombardi · Post by **LellaLombardi** » 08 Jun 2014, 20:20

1. Ricciardo. I bet not many people thought it would take Red Bull this long into the season to get a win, and even fewer thought it would come from Riccardio
2. Perez. Drove his nuts off the whole race and was very hard done by to have it snatched away at the end.

Honourable mentions to Rosberg, because we all thought that car was a gonner but he held onto it, and I suppose, Button for getting a 4th place despite being completely anonymous.

James1978 · Post by **James1978** » 08 Jun 2014, 20:33

1. Perez (was GUTTED when he couldn't hold off the Red Bulls, let alone Massa torpedoing him - at one point I thought it would be him winning his first race!))
2. Ricciardo

dinizintheoven · Post by **dinizintheoven** » 08 Jun 2014, 20:35

Sergio Pérez - I genuinely thought I might see Force India win.

But in the end, I'll be just as happy for the perma-grinning Aussie. Given that the season review podcast said Dan was going to take "a good shellacking" this year, is this Enoch's curse at work again?

More_Blue_Flags · Post by **More_Blue_Flags** » 08 Jun 2014, 20:46

1. Rosberg - I was sure he would either retire or drop way back down to the back end of the points.
2. Hmm, well ... it could have been Massa, or maybe Perez, but I guess it's Dan. I certainly didn't expect the Red Bulls to be on the pace today.

CaptainGetz12 · Post by **CaptainGetz12** » 08 Jun 2014, 21:11

1. Sergio Perez. From the start of the race he had the better pace over his teammate, and made quick work of Button on the restart. He certainly made the most of building a gap and later on to catch the ailing Mercs. He may have just pushed a little too hard and found himself without tires in the closing laps and to end up in the wall on the final lap. An impressive performance that yielded no results.
[May change depending on whose fault the last lap crash was]

2. Daniel Ricciardo. It looked like this was gonna be Vettel's battle against the Mercs come raceday, but Danny really made the most of the 2nd half of the session. Being sandwiched between an expert wall that is Hulkenberg and a podium-hungry defending champion must have been hell for him, but he didn't crack, and was certainly rewarded for his efforts.

Honourable Mentions:
Felipe Massa. Charged up the field after his team botched his strategy, and looked to finally bring Williams results worthy of their pace. All went up in smoke in the last lap.
Jenson Button. Looked to be in the doldrums for the whole race, but attrition and and a last lap crash slid him into 4th. A stealthy but successful finish that gives Mclaren some breathing room in their battle with Williams in the WCC.
Nico Rosberg. A butchered engine and questionable brakes brought down his teammate, but he nursed the car home against many win-hungry drivers. May have lost the attempts at a total dominance this year, but Nico convinced me, and many other people I bet, that he is the driver more suited to 2014 and thus have the best chance at the title.
Nico Hulkenberg. His defensive drive to buy time for his teammate shows why he's considered a darkhorse driver. Perez may have gotten the shot for the win, but Hulk kept up with the pack and salvaged Force India's race with a 5th place.

Enforcer · Post by **Enforcer** » 08 Jun 2014, 21:48

1. Ricciardo. When he finally cleared Perez, I didn't think he'd have enough tires left to keep pace with Rosberg in the first two sectors to be close enough for the pass in sector three.

2. Button. Where did he come from?

AustralianStig · Post by **AustralianStig** » 08 Jun 2014, 22:19

1. Ricciardo
2. Button

Why do people keep giving the IIDOTR nomination to the GP or the track? I think we can safely say the new formula attracts good racing.

UncreativeUsername37 · Post by **UncreativeUsername37** » 08 Jun 2014, 22:34

I agree with Biscione that no one really did anything IIDOTR-worthy, but people who came closest were...

1. Force India: a second without the late brake problem?
2. Jenson Button: with a retirement-free race, he's around 7th, which is sadly impressive.

go_Rubens · Post by **go_Rubens** » 08 Jun 2014, 22:38

1. Force India - By far the best team today overall. They had just about everything right. Shame for Pérez.

2. Daniel Ricciardo - He was aleays lurking and struck with force when an opportunity opened up. Great job by him.

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 08 Jun 2014, 23:00

This one will be interesting because there are votes going everywhere.

Personally, in terms of infinite improbability, my votes go to

1) Perez - because he did bloody well to stay where he was without DRS and then later on with brake issues. The last lap crash is irrelevant, whether your viewpoint is that it was his fault or not.

2) Rosberg - in a similar vein to Perez - driving a wounded car and keeping the Red Bulls behind for the majority of the second half of the race.

SgtPepper · Post by **SgtPepper** » 08 Jun 2014, 23:02

1. Ricky - thoroughly well earned win with that pass
2. Pérez - really impressive till his race ended prematurely

HM - Button, Hulk, Rosberg, the Canadian Grand Prix. Jesus that was a barnstormer.

Cynon · Post by **Cynon** » 09 Jun 2014, 00:38

Perez -- Nico Hulkenwho? Pretty obvious who the better Force India driver is...

JENSON BUTTOOOONNNN -- has not won the Hungarian Grand Prix. But he was pretty strong.

Dan B · Post by **Dan B** » 09 Jun 2014, 01:02

Really, the only person who I thought stood out was Perez, despite his crash with Massa. Despite it being a good race, it was not a race of stellar drives but of mistakes and attrition. Rosberg did well enough to stay in 2nd with a damaged car but even so, I expect him to be there. I also expected Ricciardo to win a race this year, and I expected Red Bull in general to be towards the front. Everyone else was mediocre at best. Ferrari were nowhere, with Alonso just "there" and Raikkonen driving rather poorly. Button, while 4th, is lucky to be there else he would've finished 6th or 7th. Magnussen was anonymous again. Bottas was anonymous but apparently his car was overheating. Vergne, well, he did pick up points but I don't recall seeing him in the race; the only Toro Rosso I've seen was Kvyat and that was because he pulled off with car problems. Hulkenberg faded towards the end, and the less said about the Marussias, Saubers, and Caterhams the better.

It was a good race - a damn good one, but not one where people put in barnstorming drives.

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 09 Jun 2014, 01:40

Canadian Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve: A racer's circuit, a speed circiut, a circuit that always put a smile on us all.

I second that, i don't watch races very often, but today i choose to watch, and didn't get dissapointed. So here's the vote from the jury of Northern Hemisphere of Belgium:
1. Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
2. Force India.
It's not just their own performance, but their strategy and set-up spiced up the rest of the race too. Very often it was Perez and Hülkenberg slightly holding up other cars, but being too fast too pas. That lead to cars being close all race long.

wsrgo · Post by **wsrgo** » 09 Jun 2014, 02:20

Replays show Perez did indeed jink to the right when Massa was alongside, so for that, I choose not to name him for IIDoTR.

Instead I choose Ricciardo, for that crucial in-lap which jumped him ahead of Vettel, and

Rosberg, for nursing the car to the end.

CoopsII · Post by **CoopsII** » 09 Jun 2014, 05:36

Ricciardo
Button