2019's Best Driver: Worst Driver: Luckiest Driver: Unluckiest Driver: Best Rookie/New Driver: Best Team of the season: Surprise Team: Worst Team: (Most difficult?) – Overtake of the Season!: Surprise of the season: Most expected result: Funniest moment: Excuse of the season: Special Mention: Season Rating: ?/10
!Work in Progress! Best Driver: Hamilton Worst Driver: It should be Kubica, but as he's disbaled I'm giving it jointly to Grosjean & Strololol Luckiest Driver: Grosjean, I know how Stroll has a seat, but Grosjean retaining his is a mystery Unluckiest Driver: Hulkenburg for not having a seat. Best Rookie/New Driver: All three british debutants did well, I'll give it to Norris though Best Team of the season: Mercedes Surprise Team: Torro Rosso Worst Team: Williams (Most difficult?) – Overtake of the Season!: Surprise of the season: Most expected result: Funniest moment: Excuse of the season: Special Mention: Season Rating: ?/10
If I was to rank the drivers best to worst: Hamilton Leclerc Verstappen Sainz Albon Bottas Norris Perez Raikkonen Ricciardo Russell Gasly Hulkenberg Kvyat Magnusson Gio Stroll Vettel Grosjean Kubica And the teams: Mercedes Red Bull McLaren Toro Rosso Ferrari Racing Point Alfa Romeo Renault Haas Williams Season score: 6/10 After France it was a really enjoyable season but deeply scarred by the first half which was a right switch off. If only the season was as close at the beginning it might have been a different story.
Stroll has been average. Had a lot of bad luck that has denied him a lot of point finishes. Vettel has been below average. A driver of his calibre should not be making as many mistakes as he is.
2019's Best Driver: Hamilton - he keeps fighting but is wise enough to reduce his risks Worst Driver: Grosjean - followed by Magnusson - mainly as they are experienced drivers and should be able to help the team solve the tyre issues. Luckiest Driver: Grosjean - how can he still have a seat? He must be bringing in a massive amount of funding Unluckiest Driver: Albon - thrust into top team half way through first F1 season and then almost gets podium but Lewis takes him out as nothing to lose - pity Best Rookie/New Driver: Lando he has been great to watch, did well against Carlos and his interviews seem so genuine - says what he did wrong and where he can improve. Best Team of the season: Merc - they just seem to have things so together. Surprise Team: McLaren - finally pulling things together Worst Team: - Hass - maybe because they are being honest and admitting they can't understand tyres but they just look stupid - I do like Gunther though. Would have been Williams but while they have a slow car they do seem to be doing things right. Oh maybe it should be Ferrari for all the mistakes from team and drivers. (Most difficult?) – Overtake of the Season!: I sort of remember CLC round the outside of, was it Vettel? Not difficult just because the young guy went round the outside of his multi world champion team mate Surprise of the season: McLaren - really seem to be progressing, hope it continues in 2020 Most expected result: Merc and Lewis winning championships Funniest moment: Vettel spinning - so many times this season. Excuse of the season: Ferrari - for a top team they drop the ball so often it's beyond a joke. - No excuse really..... Special Mention: The Lando interviews with Carlos - the chemistry is great. That said, the interviews with Lando, Alexander and George their enthusiasm and banter is great to watch. Season Rating: 7/10 There have been some great races with a few very dull ones New one: What are you looking forward to next season? McLaren and Zandvoort circuit with it's banking, could be interesting.
2019's Best Driver: Hamilton Worst Driver: Vettel- keeps on losing his mind .Given the car he is in , he's the worst for me . Luckiest Driver:Grosjean Unluckiest Driver: Hulkenberg ( should have Grojean's seat IMHO ) Best Rookie/New Driver: Norris Best Team of the season: Mercedes Surprise Team: Mclaren Worst Team: Guess :-( (Most difficult?) – Overtake of the Season!: Surprise of the season: Most expected result: Funniest moment: Excuse of the season: Special Mention: Charlie Whiting . Now he's gone , we see more of what he was actually involved in . If that makes sense ! Season Rating: ?/10 Will think about the rest...
With the size of these cars I dont think Zandvoort will be that great. What I really hope for is a genuine 3 team battle for the championship.
Absolute bollocks. worse than Kubica? I'd say if you're going to put someone from a top team as the worst driver it ought to be Bottas or Gasly.
Sorry we will have to agree to disagree . Vettel should have done far FAR better than he has . You can't include Kubica , you said yourself he's disabled !
2019's Best Driver: Hamilton - he keeps fighting but is wise enough to reduce his risks Worst Driver: Grosjean - followed by Magnusson - mainly as they are experienced drivers and should be able to help the team solve the tyre issues. Luckiest Driver: Grosjean - how can he still have a seat? He must be bringing in a massive amount of funding Unluckiest Driver: Albon - thrust into top team half way through first F1 season and then almost gets podium but Lewis takes him out as nothing to lose - pity Best Rookie/New Driver: Lando he has been great to watch, did well against Carlos and his interviews seem so genuine - says what he did wrong and where he can improve. Best Team of the season: Mercedes but I think Red Bull (of whom I am not a fan) have done well given new engine supplier and challenging driver line up at the start. Surprise Team: McLaren - showing Renault what they are doing wrong. Worst Team: - Williams, unfortunately let down by Paddy Lowe (who I never rated as highly as others), hoping next season sees an improvement. Ferrari were let down by their driver choice and are damaged by the fuel controversy. However, it might be that Ferrari have made some important steps and broken the model that has held them back. Vettel cost them third in the drivers championship. Given it was a transformative year for Ferrari, their budget should have enabled more, so joint worst team with Williams. (Most difficult?) – Overtake of the Season!: The one Vettel could not pull off...oh! that was several. I am going with Albon on Vettel at the Brazilian GP. For pure racing determination I would also recognise Verstappen at Austria and his final charge that saw him take the lead, but that was more about racing determination than a specific overtake manoeuvre. Surprise of the season: Albon and his lucky number of 23. Otherwise, Ferrari self destruct capability. Most expected result: I think something to do with Mercedes and world champions. Funniest moment: Vettel having a hissy fit in Canada, what a childish moment. Excuse of the season: Vettel, never his fault, always an excuse. Particularly in Canada. Special Mention: Albon, I liked the way he handled himself in his rookie season, he did outscore Verstappen for a good chunk of the second half of the season. Season Rating: 6/10 for the first half, 9/10 for the second half. There have been some great races since the summer break. New one: What are you looking forward to next season? At least three teams in serious contention for the wins. A revival of Valtteri Bottas now he has separated from his wife, that must have been painful and difficult. Lewis having to really fight hard for wins. A revival of Williams but fearful for Renault. The prospect of Lewis going to Ferrari but if he doesn't it would not be impossible for Daniel Ricciardo to go there, if he delivers with consistency in 2020. But ultimately Good racing and the demise of the French GP (a wish rather than an expectation).