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Azerbaijan Grand Prix Awards

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  1. cosicave

    cosicave Well-Known Member

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    Race Rating: ?/10
     
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  2. Big Ern

    Big Ern Lord, Master, Guru & Emperor

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    Best Driver: Alonso, got a 2 wheeled McLaren to the pits and stopped on his mark, and then proceeded to get 7th
    Worst Driver: Grosjean
    Luckiest Driver: Raikonnen, speculative attempt to stay in 6th bought the safetry car out and sent him to the back of the pack, but incidents gave him an undeserved 2nd
    Unluckiest Driver:Bottas
    Best Rookie/New Driver: Leclerc

    Best Team: probably Mercedes, a 1-2 was on until Bottas hit the carbon fiber caltrop
    Surprise Team: FI for the whole weekend
    Worst Team: RBR because their drivers are part of the team
    Best Overtake: Danny on Crash

    Most Surprising Result: Perez
    Least Surprising Result: Crash Veerstappen
    Funniest moment: Grosjean's with the excuse of the week
    Excuse of the week: "I think Ericsson hit me" Grosjean's almost believable buck-pass attempt.

    Special Mention: Perez,
    Best post in race thread:

    Race Rating: 7.653/10 I enjoyed it, would've preferred a Bottas win though , so that accounts for the arbitrary .347 deduction
     
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  3. cosicave

    cosicave Well-Known Member

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    Exactly my thoughts, word for word.

    No time now but I'll post up my list soon. (I'm getting on a bit now, so that means give me about two days).
     
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  4. SgtBhaji

    SgtBhaji Well-Known Member

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    I just come to this thread for the race ratings! :D
     
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  5. El_Bando

    El_Bando Can't remember, where was I?
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    Best Driver: not many but Alonso did a great job. Also Sains. Not sure how Hamilton won and also got driver of the day?

    Worst Driver: Grosjean. Still nil point. Was going to say vandoorne but how did he get from dead last at safety car to the points?
    Luckiest Driver: Jamilton
    Unluckiest Driver: Bottas
    Best Rookie/New Driver: LeClerc had a fine drive.

    Best Team: Ferrari
    Surprise Team: Force India
    Worst Team: Red Bull
    Best Overtake: ricciardo on verstappen....not that one

    Most Surprising Result: Alonso in points
    Least Surprising Result:
    Funniest moment:
    Excuse of the week: Grosjean was hit by Ericsson

    Special Mention: Hulk. This was a day to get a podium.
    Best post in race thread: bhaji and his prediction

    Race Rating: 8/10
     
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  6. DHCanary

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    Best Driver: Several stellar drivers. I'm giving it to Leclerc (who has also DOTD El_B?)
    Worst Driver: Grosjean, poor all weekend.
    Luckiest Driver: Hamilton
    Unluckiest Driver: Bottas
    Best Rookie/New Driver: Leclerc

    Best Team: Mclaren?
    Surprise Team: Sauber
    Worst Team: Red Bull
    Best Overtake: DR on MV

    Most Surprising Result: A Sauber in 6th is possibly more unlikely than Perez 3rd? Insane how Perez now has 8 podiums, all from his time with Force India and Sauber.
    Least Surprising Result: Verstappen crashing
    Funniest moment: DR telling Lazenby he'd "sucker punch him in the stomach" if he didn't stop trying to interrupt his pre-race engineer chat.
    Excuse of the week: Grosjean's engineer "I think Ericsson hit us"

    Special Mention: Gutted for Bottas.
    Best post in race thread:

    Race Rating: 9.5/10
     
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  7. Big Ern

    Big Ern Lord, Master, Guru & Emperor

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    That was the strategic call of the season, he came in with everyone else when the SC was deployed, then came in again the lap before the restart and got new heated tyres, it put him way back which meant he could drive at a much better pace which meant he could keep the temps up whilst everyone else struggled.
     
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  8. allsaintchris.

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    Best Driver: Leclerc. Even with all the stuff going on, that Sauber had no reason to be in 6th.
    Worst Driver: Grosjean. F1 cars have brakes, learn how to use them properly. It's you, not the Haas........ Hulkenburg was close with his crash and turning into Sirotkin, though Sirotkin has got the penalty!?
    Luckiest Driver: Alonso and Kimi. Can't see how Alonso can get driver of the day. Did he actually overtake anyone on the track after the first SC, seemed to benefit from everyone else dropping out in front of him or being off sequence with tyres. Kimi lucked into 2nd for mainly the same reasons but Ferrari power helped him dispatch some of the lower order earlier on.
    Unluckiest Driver: Bottas and Vettel. Vettel losing the race as Merc's luck held out waiting for an SC, then Bottas for late race heartbreak.
    Best Rookie/New Driver: Leclerc.

    Best Team: Ferrari, though they took their time to get going through the weekend
    Surprise Team: Williams. There is a reasonable car in there somewhere. Sirotkin never go the chance to see how he could have done in the race.
    Worst Team: Red Bull
    Best Overtake: Ricciardo on Verstappen when he made it stick after a few attempts

    Most Surprising Result: Sauber and Williams in the points
    Least Surprising Result: Grosjean having a moan
    Funniest moment: Grosjean throwing his gloves at an unwitting mechanic
    Excuse of the week: Grosjean, blaming someone who was no where close to him for crashing.

    Special Mention: Perez. Another podium for being in the right place at the right time again.
    Best post in race thread:

    Race Rating: 8/10
     
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  9. allsaintchris.

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  10. cosicave

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    Best Driver: Leclerc / Perez. The former for the best performance of his entire life; the latter for his determination and tenacity.
    Worst Driver: Grosjean. Hartley's horrendous, inexcusable error in Qualifying was redeemed by a very respectable race performance.
    Luckiest Driver: Hamilton, for once – but I do not begrudge him. He has often been very unfortunate and Lady Luck still has a long way to go to balance the books. Also Räikkönen, who was just as lucky to claim 2nd.
    Unluckiest Driver: Bottas. He'd driven well all weekend and was extremely unfortunate to get a puncture so close to the finish.
    Best Rookie/New Driver: No hesitation here: Leclerc.

    Best Team: Ferrari. Best car, well-organised; definitely leading the way at the moment.
    Surprise Team: Haas. In the negative sense. Given recent performances, I expected better.
    Worst Team: Red Bull for exactly the reason given by Big Ern.
    Best Overtake: Ricciardo on Verstappen when he finally managed it after a battle with his team-mate lasting several laps – and some questionable defending from the latter. Now, I'm not one for team orders but I believe this was occasion for an exception: Ricciardo was clearly quicker during that phase of the race and the ongoing battle, although entertaining, was damaging a reasonable chance to catch a Ferrari or Mercedes. Had it been the other way around, there are two points: 1/ I believe Ricciardo would almost certainly have seen the bigger picture; 2 (and far less savoury, I'm afraid)/ I believe Ricciardo may have been ordered out of the way…

    Most Surprising Result: Perez podium.
    Least Surprising Result: Probably Verstappen in another incident, or Grosjean's peculiar tendency for a loss of concentration.
    Funniest moment: Grosjean. Clowns often make me laugh.
    Excuse of the week: Grosjean suggesting he'd been hit. Such a ridiculous assertion makes me wonder if the crash woke him from a bad 'where am I?' dream. Utterly bizarre. Grosjean is a strange animal. I wonder if he takes mini-sleeps whilst driving?

    Special Mention: Bottas. Perez. Leclerc.

    Race Rating: 9.12/10
     
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    Best Driver: Leclerc
    Worst Driver: Grosjean
    Luckiest Driver: Lewis, but I don’t begrudge him it
    Unluckiest Driver: Bottas and Vettel
    Best Rookie/New Driver: Leclerc

    Best Team: Ferrari
    Surprise Team: Renault
    Worst Team: RB
    Best Overtake: The Ricc and Max battle in general

    Most Surprising Result: Perez podium
    Least Surprising Result: Max
    Funniest moment: The look on The RB pit wall when the obvious finally happened
    Excuse of the week: Horner blaming their drivers. It was like leaving a toddler with a can of red paint on your white lounge carpet.

    Special Mention: Vettel and Perez
    Best post in race thread:

    Race Rating: 8.23/10
     
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  13. BrightLampShade

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  14. allsaintchris.

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    Hamilton asked him to do it over the radio. All part of a big conspiracy .


    But, wow, shocking from Magnussen. Apparently too many vibrations so his mirrors were 'useless'. So basically piloting a misslie blindly not knowing what was going on around him. Well done Kev, well done.

    If that had been Max the internet would be on fire.............
     
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  15. SgtBhaji

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    I guess there are mitigating circumstances given his mirror looks like it's held on with a twizzlwr stick, but still pretty ropey! Blimey.
     
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  16. The Gills PegLeg

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    Best Driver: Leclerc. Done an exceptional job to finish where he did in the Sauber for a rookie. Well done.
    Worst Driver: Grosjean. Binned an excellent opportunity for some good points.
    Luckiest Driver: Raikkonen to finish 2nd
    Unluckiest Driver: Bottas, poor guy got robbed of a win again.
    Best Rookie/New Driver: Charles Leclerc

    Best Team: Renault showed some good race pace, just a shame Hulk got a bit too hot into a corner.
    Surprise Team: Williams finishing in the points
    Worst Team: Red Bull. Wiping each other out us poor.
    Best Overtake: Danny on Max

    Most Surprising Result: Perez finishing 3rd
    Least Surprising Result: Verstappen involved in another crash
    Funniest moment: "I think Ericsson hit us"
    Excuse of the week: as above

    Special Mention: Good race for Carlos Sainz and Alonso.
    Best post in race thread:

    Race Rating: 8/10
     
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