In the absence of Cosi and the need for the thread after a monster race... Have at it! ----- Best Driver: Worst Driver: Luckiest Driver: Unluckiest Driver: Best Rookie/New Driver: Best Team: Surprise Team: Worst Team: Best Strategy: Worst Strategy: Best Overtake/Defence (Racecraft): Most Surprising: Least Surprising: Funniest moment: Excuse of the weekend: Special Mention: Race Rating: ?/10
Best Driver: Verstappen, Sainz Worst Driver: Kubica. Just miles off this weekend. Luckiest Driver: Gasly Unluckiest Driver: Albon Best Rookie/New Driver: Albon Best Team: Red Bull Surprise Team: Toro Rosso and McLaren Worst Team: Renault Best Strategy: Red Bull Worst Strategy: Mercedes. Why pit Hamilton with 4-5 laps to go behind a safety car that could have finished the race? Best Overtake/Defence (Racecraft): Albon on Vettel Most Surprising: Sainz from 20th Least Surprising: Funniest moment: Ferrari Excuse of the weekend: Hamilton Special Mention: Albon. Gutting for him Race Rating: 9/10
Best Driver: Sainz, started last got on the podium and isn't at a top team. Worst Driver: Vettel, silly thing to do. Luckiest Driver: Gasly Unluckiest Driver: Albon Best Rookie/New Driver: Albon Best Team: RBR Surprise Team: Alfa, 22 points! Worst Team: As usual, Williams. Best Strategy: Redbull Worst Strategy: Best Overtake/Defence (Racecraft): Norris Most Surprising: Gasly, Sainz or the Alfas, take your pick. Least Surprising: Over the course of the seaosn the Ferrari's coming together had to happen Funniest moment: Excuse of the weekend: I'd like to know why the SC was deployed, other than for last lap on-track action, that'll be a good excuse. Special Mention: Max hasn;t had a mention yet, so him for winnning. Race Rating: hmm, it had its moments rpior to lap 66, but the SC moved it from a 6 to an 8.