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'The Hills Are Alive With The Sound of Yawning' Austria GP Awards

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  1. Max Whiplash

    Max Whiplash Well-Known Member

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    Best Rookie (Nasr, Verstappen, Sainz, Stevens, Mehri):
    Best Team:
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    Race Rating: /10
     
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  2. EternalMSC

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    Best Driver: Maldonado/Massa/Hulk/Nasr
    Worst Driver: Kimi (with a heavy heart)
    Best Rookie (Nasr, Verstappen, Sainz, Stevens, Mehri): Nasr
    Best Team: Mercedes
    Worst Team: Mclaren

    Best Overtake: Maldonado on many
    Funniest-moment: Alonso in a suprise Ferrari seat.
    Most Surprising Result: Massa podium, Maldonado pace, Sauber pace.
    Least Surprising Result: Mercedes 1-2.

    Special Mention to: Perez, Verstappen and Nico R for beating Lewis outright for once.
    Race Rating: 0.25 /10
     
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  3. Max Whiplash

    Max Whiplash Well-Known Member

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    Best Driver: Rosberg and Maldonado (oh, yes)
    Worst Driver: Kimi, no question
    Best Rookie: No one really excelled but Verstappen by default
    Best Team: pound for pound, Force India
    Worst Team: McLaren

    Best Overtake: Maldo's double on Nasr and Kvyat
    Funniest-moment: Swearhard Berger's podium interviews, calling Nico 'Lewis' in the homeland of the Freudian slip
    Most Surprising Result: Rosberg won through superiority
    Least Surprising Result: McLaren double DNF

    Special Mention to: Massa, Bottas, Hulk and Pérez for strong drives
    Race Rating: 5/10 and that's generous
     
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  4. Smithers

    Smithers Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    Best Driver: Maldonado
    Worst Driver: Kimi
    Best Rookie: Nsar
    Best Team: Merc
    Worst Team: McLaren

    Best Overtake: Alonso on Kimi
    Funniest-moment: McLaren - it's just laughable listening to the drivers being positive
    Most Surprising Result: Ferrari a country mile away
    Least Surprising Result: McLaren double DNF

    Special Mention to: Massa, Hulk
    Race Rating: 3/10
     
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  5. DHCanary

    DHCanary Very Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    Best Driver: Maldonado
    Worst Driver: Kimi
    Best Rookie: Nasr
    Best Team: Mercedes
    Worst Team: McLaren

    Best Overtake: Maldo round someone when he had a tank-slapper mid move
    Funniest-moment: I guess Sky blaming Villeneuve for everything was funny the first few times...
    Most Surprising Result: Massa podium
    Least Surprising Result: McLaren's dismal failure

    Special Mention to: Rosberg, Hulk, Grosjean
    Race Rating: 4/10
     
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  6. di Fredsta!

    di Fredsta! Well-Known Member

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    Best Driver: Rosberg. One "poor" lap all weekend.
    Worst Driver: Kimi by miles, I'd rather watch Ide in that car..
    Best Rookie (Nasr, Verstappen, Sainz, Stevens, Mehri): Nasr
    Best Team: Mercedes
    Worst Team: Mclaren

    Best Overtake: Maldonado on Verstappen
    Funniest-moment: Damon Hill: "None were at fault for the crash". Sure, then Schumacher wasn't to blame for Aus 1994
    Most Surprising Result: Rosberg had way more pace than Hamilton
    Least Surprising Result: Mercedes double podium

    Special Mention to: Maldonado, pretty much getting best of the rest whenever the car doesn't break down.
    Hulk

    Race Rating: 4/10
     
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  7. El_Bando

    El_Bando Can't remember, where was I? Forum Moderator

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    Best Driver: Rosberg & Massa
    Worst Driver: Kimbo
    Best Rookie (Nasr, Verstappen, Sainz, Stevens, Mehri):
    Best Team: Williams, The upgrades worked
    Worst Team: Mclaren The parts at the last race at least kind of worked

    Best Overtake: Rosberg at the start. see you can do it
    Funniest-moment: Massa nearly running over his former employers boss
    Most Surprising Result: LH having a bad weekend
    Least Surprising Result: KR having a bad weekend

    Special Mention to: Maldo, did you see the magnectic force working when he tried to overtake Verstappen <laugh>
    Race Rating: 5/10 better than the last 2 races
     
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  8. Big Ern

    Big Ern Lord, Master, Guru & Emperor

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    Best Driver: Massa, can't think of any mistakes he made from Q1 - Cheq flag
    Worst driver: Frosty the Snowman
    Best Rookie (Nasr, Verstappen, Sainz, Stevens, Mehri): Verstappen.
    Best Team: Mercedes
    Worst Team: Honda

    Best Overtake: Maldo produced the thrills, but I think Bottas on Hulk around the outside of 3 was the best, Maldo had the advantage of new tyres, although I'm sure we all cheered at his double over-take.
    Funniest-moment:
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    Least Surprising Result:

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    Maldo, he made this race for me, wanted to give him DoD last race, wanted to give him it this race, but his excitement factor was mainly due to him being too aggressive on the throttle, much like with Kimi's crash. A great drive and more solid points, considering the amount of bad luck he's had he is only 5 points behind his team-mate. I think he'll beat Grosjean this season
    Hulk, will he ever get the nod for a big team, I think there will be a space at Ferrari next season, but is he too old to debut for one of the big boys in this era of F1? another good race and has had the measure of Perez lately.
    Massa, seems rejuvenated, how much of his Ferrari form was down to the psychological effect of knowing he was a number two.

    Race Rating: 6/10
    It wasn't as bad as the last 3 GP's
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  9. BrightLampShade

    BrightLampShade Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    Best Driver: Hulk, Massa, and Maldonado make valiant claims for this
    Worst Driver: Kimi
    Best Rookie (Nasr, Verstappen, Sainz, Stevens, Mehri): - Best of the bunch
    Best Team: Williams made a good step forward, Mercedes were to their usual standard
    Worst Team: McLaren, bad by even their standards

    Best Overtake: Maldonado, try as he might his overtakes were overtakes and not collisions
    Funniest-moment: Lots of misses from the commentators
    Most Surprising Result: Force India doing well
    Least Surprising Result: Mercedes 1-2. Ignoring all but Q3 - Rosberg Victory

    Special Mention to: Rosberg, impressive drive, Perez and Bottas backing up their team mates strong results
    Race Rating: 4/10 - Again very meh
     
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  10. Big Ern

    Big Ern Lord, Master, Guru & Emperor

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    haha, yeah, he did try a few times to get it wrong. gotta keep Maldo in F1, if they kept the camera's on him most of the race people wouldn't be so bored of F1
     
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  11. Smithers

    Smithers Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    Id like to change my funniest moment to Ted's Notebook!

    Ted to Paddy - "Can I sniff the wood"?? When discussing the winning trophy.
     
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  12. SgtBhaji

    SgtBhaji Well-Known Member

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    Not606 rules clearly state that one mistake immediately makes a driver ineligible for Best Driver nominations.... It does however permit a good shoeing! :p
     
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  13. EternalMSC

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    Sorry for being whiner of the weekend but it's simply ****e humour/nonsense like that, makes me despise Sky.
     
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    Best Driver: Maldonado, two really good drives on the trot from him now. Can't give it to Rosberg because of his Q3 gravel visit when on a key lap.
    Worst Driver: Kimi. No contest.
    Best Rookie (Nasr, Verstappen, Sainz, Stevens, Mehri): - Verstappen, just, but so close to causing another 'Monaco' with his ridiculous twitches.
    Best Team: Williams
    Worst Team: McLaren, how low can they sink before they rise again?

    Best Overtake: Maldonado, take your pick!
    Funniest-moment: Not sure really.
    Most Surprising Result: Hulk learning to drive at Le Mans and taking it through to Austria.
    Least Surprising Result: Mercedes 1-2 & McLaren double non-finish.

    Special Mention to: Rosberg putting one on Hamilton at the start and not letting him get close thereafter.
    Race Rating: 5/10 - Better, but still needs work.
     
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  15. cosicave

    cosicave Well-Known Member

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    Best Driver: Maldonado, Rosberg and Massa. All three were very impressive.
    Worst Driver: I have to go with the concensus here: Räikkönen. He seems rather out of sorts at the moment, and I also agree with those suggesting his job is on the line.
    Best Rookie: I'll plump for Nasr this time.
    Best Team: Mercedes and
    Force India.
    Worst Team: Woeful
    McLaren.

    Best Overtake:
    Maldonado's double was well executed opportunism. Others were good, especially Bottas v Hulkenberg (I think?) but I don't think anyone else strung two together.
    Funniest-moment:
    Most Surprising Result: So many good performances from drivers who've not featured on our lists very much. Good to see.
    Least Surprising Result:
    McLaren still languishing in their year of testing. However, before the season began, I suggested they'd be hunting points by Silverstone, so watch this space!

    Special Mention to: Perez: not listed above because Massa was even better.
    Race Rating:
    6.1/10. I do wonder if people are expecting a bit too much. It wasn't a great race but it wasn't bad either!
    :)
     
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