Best Driver: Worst Driver: Luckiest Driver: Unluckiest Driver: Best Rookie/New Driver: Best Team: Surprise Team: Worst Team: Best Overtake: Most Surprising Result: Least Surprising Result: Funniest moment: Excuse of the week: Special Mention: Best post in race thread: Race Rating: ?/10
Best Driver: Vettel Worst Driver:Ericsson? Luckiest Driver: Perez Unluckiest Driver: Hartley Best Rookie/New Driver:Leclerc Best Team: Ferrari scored the most points Surprise Team:STR, the honda was fairly close to the other midfielders Worst Team:Williams Best Overtake: So few that I'm going to give it to Bottas for NOT being overtaken by Max into T1. Most Surprising Result: Max returning his car in good condition Least Surprising Result: top 6 lapped the field Funniest moment: it was so boring they tried to stop it early Excuse of the week: Special Mention: The Redbull pit crew Best post in race thread: Race Rating: 4.001/10
Best Driver: Vettel Worst Driver: meh... Luckiest Driver: meh... Unluckiest Driver: Hartley Best Rookie/New Driver: Leclerc bya mile Best Team: meh. They are all non racers now. All conserved so none. Surprise Team: none Worst Team:Williams are putrid Best Overtake: ricciardo via the pits Most Surprising Result: no shocks here Least Surprising Result: teams conserving cars Funniest moment: Excuse of the week: Special Mention: hamilton for trying to chase Best post in race thread: RaceRating:0/10
Thanks BE! Best Driver: Probably Vettel. Bottas has a good claim on this too. Worst Driver: Erection Luckiest Driver: I didn't see anyone as particularly lucky. Maybe Vettel (who drove very well) was lucky not to need to fight for the win? Unluckiest Driver: Alonso Best Rookie/New Driver: Leclerc Best Team: Ferrari Surprise Team: None. Worst Team: Williams. Woeful. This team has gone backwards ever since Sir Frank made the worst decision of his life: kicking Damon Hill in the balls whilst he was winning (and still went on to win) the 1996 World Drivers' Championship. Almost half of the team were disgusted. The decision took the edge off something special within the team and they've never gelled quite the same since. (Villeneuve inherited a superb car but did nothing to contribute to further development). Best Overtake: I agree with Big Ern: Bottas' defence against Verstappen was top class. What a shame this was the only meaningful wheel to wheel action. Most Surprising Result: Verstappen saw the wisdom of backing out of a (lost) battle. Least Surprising Result: Ferrari winning. Once I heard of Mercedes being on the back foot with engine upgrades, the already superb Ferrari had an open goal. Funniest moment: Embarrassing more than funny: Chequered Flag waving by someone who hasn't got a clue and was not properly directed. Totally wrong, ultimately flawed, cheap American idea. Celebrities (if that's what it was) should only wave flags in NASCAR or other crap where cheerleaders are considered an important part of sport. Excuse of the week: Grosjean. I'm beginning to get tired of him. Special Mention: Hartley was very unfortunate to find himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Perhaps more significant; this race was an opportunity to stem gathering rumblings about his future. Race Rating: 3.08/10: Not what we've come to expect from Canada.
Best Driver: Bottas for outperforming Hamilton Worst Driver: Nobody stands out for once. Ericsson for being thrashed by his team-mate? Luckiest Driver: Stroll for getting involved in a racing incident before he could shred his reputation further? Unluckiest Driver: Hartley Best Rookie/New Driver: Leclerc Best Team: Renault - Comfortably best of the rest, they've done well to establish that position. Surprise Team: Red Bull, did not expect them to be so competitive on a circuit where they are traditionally weak. Worst Team: Ooh so many contenders! McLaren and Williams were truly terrible, but I'm going for Ferrari. Kimi had a full 60 second gap behind him, and they decided against pitting him to see whether the hypersofts could gain him a position. Their excuse was basically "we don't trust our pit crew enough to risk another stop". Best Overtake: Hartley's effort at least offered some excitement... Most Surprising Result: Verstappen with an incident free weekend Least Surprising Result: one stop, tyre conservation dross Funniest moment: The Raft Race? Excuse of the week: McLaren are an excuse of a racing team. Special Mention: Best post in race thread: Race Rating: 2/10
Best Driver: Vettel Worst Driver: Ericsson Luckiest Driver: Unluckiest Driver: Grosjean with the engine blow Best Rookie/New Driver: LeClerc Best Team: Ferrari Surprise Team: Red Bull Worst Team: Williams Best Overtake: Didnt see any Most Surprising Result: Least Surprising Result: Grosjean colliding with something. Funniest moment: Erricson by chance being behind grosjean when his engine blew Excuse of the week: Special Mention: Verstappen put in a mature drive Best post in race thread: Race Rating: 1/10 1 better than monaco
