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 Ericsson'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.
1. Felipe Nasr - He was a threat for points all evening. Considering this is one of Sauber's weakest circuits, that 10th place is gonna feel like a podium for him.
2. Daniel Ricciardo - Now that's more like the Ricciardo of last season.
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1. Daniel Ricciardo - He never had the car to beat Vettel, but he gave it a damn good go regardless. 2. Max Verstappen - Nice recovery from being a lap down. I think he earned that place ahead of Sainz regardless.
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1. Max Verstappen - great recovery drive, although he was lucky with SC situations 2. Ferrari - 2 cars on the podium on merit for the first time this season
1. Toro Rosso - They were an early nomination for ROTR for me, but both drivers performed superbly to salvage some points. 2. Alexander Rossi - Not an easy track to be making one's debut, but kept his nose clean when it mattered, and beat his team-mate too.
1. (shared, 5 points for each): Manor and the man on track: Helped cause a few laps of utter chaos in what was a surprisingly uneventful race. 2. (shared, 1 point for each): Vettel, Ricciardo, Rossi, Nasr, Sainz and Verstappen: All had a surprising and shining performance in their own way.
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1. Toro Rosso -- They were the standouts. They got rousing applause from the grandstand, overtaking like-a-hell, to quote Trulli. Mind you, this is given to the drivers, both of which suffered mechanical problems yet ran like hell throughout the second half of that race.
2. Daniel Ricciardo -- I expected Ferrari up there, it's normal, but for Ricciardo in the Red bull to maintain his pace with Vettel and set fastest lap in the process was just astounding. Honorable Mention goes to the commentators at trackside, up on the big screens. Despite mixing up of teammates here and there, they were fantastic. Every technical jargon on the radio was described, elaborated and placed into the context of what happens to the driver superbly.
Hell, the period of time where Vettel, Ricciardo and Raikkonen were running close after SC 1 may have been boring to those at home, but the commentators there gave the illusion and sold the battle as a really close fight, all drivers matching each other toe to toe. If one set a lap even one tenth faster, that tension was projected to us. They made the race exciting. They never babble about how boring the race is. They never focus on one singular driver all the time. They make Crofty and Brundle, in my mind, sound like amateurs.
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1) Daniel Ricciardo: That´s what you should do when your car ia good enough to fight for the podium for once.
2) Sergio Perez: Managed to score pretty much the maximum amount of points for his team and kept Toro Rossos behind him at the end.
Honorable Mention: Toro Rosso: I was planning on giving ROTR for them after the poor start but boy if they did up their game on the second half even if those two safety cars obviously helped a lot. Too bad Verstappen decided that he doesn´t need to respect team orders at the end, which drops them on just honorable mentions in my books despite the good recovery.
1) Verstappen - Motherf*cker was a lap down, and he finished in the points. I wasn't aware there were team orders, so screw it. 2) Rossi - FP1 was a fact finding mission. He found where the limits are and proceeded to do a very solid job indeed. He beat Stevens too, so, uh, yeah.
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First nomination to Max Verstappen. The kid did a really good race.
My second goes to the Singapore GP. Was it the metro system or whatever, this year produced an abnormal amount of electronic glitches. That gave us a random amount of unreliability remembering me of the good old days. On the second thought, was it you Bernie?
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DOSBoot wrote:1. Rossi: Kept his head cool the entire race, and finished well ahead of his teammate, in one of the most demanding tracks of the calendar.
2. Verstappen: Stalled at the start, and was a lap down. Yet, still managed to finish 8th.
Honorable Mentions:
Sauber: Great driving from the two drivers is something we haven't seen much of this season.
1. Max Verstappen - Went from being a lap down to finishing in the points. Some typically aggressive moves as usual, kid has some serious talent.
2. Alexander Rossi - Beat his teammate and looked decent enough. It's been a while since we've had to wait for his debut and he hasn't done badly.
HM: Jenson Button - Looked quite quick during the race and could've stolen a couple of points if Maldonado didn't decide to stop on the exit of the turn.
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1. Carlos Sainz, Jr. - Verstappen looked more impressive, but we're expecting him to pass people. Plus, Toro Rosso were on point, and Max got some serious help through the safety car. Carlos was every bit as impressive as Max, if not more.
2. Felipe Nasr - scored a solid point for the first time since Monaco.
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1.) Riccardo - Great drive mate 2.) Rossi - Kept his nose clean and beat Stevens on track.
I don't understand all the love for Max, team orders are team orders, no excuse for that.
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Wallio wrote:I don't understand all the love for Max, team orders are team orders, no excuse for that.
Doesn't undo his recovery from a lap down to beat his teammate - even with the first safety car, he was still about 20-odd seconds off the back of the pack once they got racing again.
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Wallio wrote:I don't understand all the love for Max, team orders are team orders, no excuse for that.
Fack the team orders.
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I don't think so... Verstappen had been ahead of Sainz since lap 38. The team was likely just trying to give Sainz a shot at passing Perez.
Which is exactly why it was justified. Toro Rosso are fighting Lotus in the constructors' championship and need every point they can take. Sainz had let Verstappen through earlier in the race for the same reason, to pass the cars in front, and both drivers did so with ease until Verstappen bumped into Pérez, and stayed there for about a dozen laps. Letting Sainz through for him to have a go could not have hurt, and if he hadn't made it through, he would likely have been told to let Verstappen through again, which would only be fair, and probably would have happened, because Carlos, unlike Max, seems to understand the concept of a 'team'.
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tommykl wrote:Which is exactly why it was justified. Toro Rosso are fighting Lotus in the constructors' championship and need every point they can take. Sainz had let Verstappen through earlier in the race for the same reason, to pass the cars in front, and both drivers did so with ease until Verstappen bumped into Pérez, and stayed there for about a dozen laps. Letting Sainz through for him to have a go could not have hurt, and if he hadn't made it through, he would likely have been told to let Verstappen through again, which would only be fair, and probably would have happened, because Carlos, unlike Max, seems to understand the concept of a 'team'.
Sainz let Verstappen through? When? Verstappen moved past him twice in the race - once under safety car, and once when both Lotuses also went past.
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tommykl wrote:Which is exactly why it was justified. Toro Rosso are fighting Lotus in the constructors' championship and need every point they can take. Sainz had let Verstappen through earlier in the race for the same reason, to pass the cars in front, and both drivers did so with ease until Verstappen bumped into Pérez, and stayed there for about a dozen laps. Letting Sainz through for him to have a go could not have hurt, and if he hadn't made it through, he would likely have been told to let Verstappen through again, which would only be fair, and probably would have happened, because Carlos, unlike Max, seems to understand the concept of a 'team'.
Sainz let Verstappen through? When? Verstappen moved past him twice in the race - once under safety car, and once when both Lotuses also went past.
I'm not quite sure, I only vaguely remember reading it somewhere, but I think it might have been under the safety car.
kevinbotz wrote:Cantonese is a completely nonsensical f*cking alien language masquerading as some grossly bastardised form of Chinese
Gonzo wrote:Wasn't there some sort of communisim in the East part of Germany?
tommykl wrote:Which is exactly why it was justified. Toro Rosso are fighting Lotus in the constructors' championship and need every point they can take. Sainz had let Verstappen through earlier in the race for the same reason, to pass the cars in front, and both drivers did so with ease until Verstappen bumped into Pérez, and stayed there for about a dozen laps. Letting Sainz through for him to have a go could not have hurt, and if he hadn't made it through, he would likely have been told to let Verstappen through again, which would only be fair, and probably would have happened, because Carlos, unlike Max, seems to understand the concept of a 'team'.
Sainz let Verstappen through? When? Verstappen moved past him twice in the race - once under safety car, and once when both Lotuses also went past.
I'm not quite sure, I only vaguely remember reading it somewhere, but I think it might have been under the safety car.
Since when are you allowed to change position behind the safety car?
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IceG wrote:When you are unlapping yourself - as Max was.
Not under the second safety car, he wasn't.
The lap chart shows Sainz and Verstappen switching positions under that safety car, on lap 38, to be precise.
Did either of them pit that lap, or did one pass the other on-track?
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