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Will our awards Singapore tune?

Discussion in 'Formula 1' started by cosicave, Sep 23, 2019.

  1. cosicave

    cosicave Well-Known Member

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    Race Rating: ?/10
     
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  2. Le Tissier's Laces

    Le Tissier's Laces Well-Known Member

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    Best Driver: Torn between Seb and Charles for this. An amazing pole position, and the better driver over the course of the weekend vs the guy who maximised his opportunity and negotiated the traffic better. For me, it’s a weekend, and it’s Charles. He executed the Ferrari strategy perfectly too.
    Worst Driver: Grosjean
    Luckiest Driver: Seb. Charles did the work for his teammate to get the glory.
    Unluckiest Driver: Charles
    Best Rookie/New Driver: Albon

    Best Team: Ferrari. Eked out a 1-2 at a track where they weren’t meant to perform.
    Surprise Team: Ferrari. For the above reason.
    Worst Team: Haas are a bit grim right now.
    Best Strategy: Ferrari for the 1-2.
    Worst Strategy: Ferrari for a rather unjust 1 in that 1-2. Mercedes for not pitting.

    Best Overtake/Defence (Racecraft): Dani Ric showing you can overtake. Most of the time.

    Most Surprising: Merc were relatively nowhere.
    Least Surprising: Grosjean in an incident.
    Funniest moment: Seb’s finger and Bottas’ supplication.
    Excuse of the weekend: “we need to conserve the PU”

    Special Mention: Chaz should have had three in a row if there was any justice.

    Race Rating: 5/10
     
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  3. Big Ern

    Big Ern Lord, Master, Guru & Emperor

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    Best Driver:hmm, Norris?
    Worst Driver: Grosjean, again.
    Luckiest Driver:Seb Vettel
    Unluckiest Driver: CLC
    Best Rookie/New Driver:Norris

    Best Team:Ferrari
    Surprise Team: going on form, Ferrari
    Worst Team:unless a team does something incomprehensible, it will always be Williams in 2019
    Unluckiest team: Force Racing India Point, or F- rip.
    Best Strategy:Ferrari, snatched a 1-2 instead of a 1-3
    Worst Strategy:Mercedes, losing 2nd for 4th.

    Best Overtake/Defence (Racecraft):hmm, Vettel?

    Most Surprising: Vettel, everyone was waiting for him to drop it somewhere.
    Least Surprising:Grosjean
    Funniest moment:
    Excuse of the weekend:

    Special Mention:Albon, Gasly, Giovanassi, Albon, Max.

    Race Rating: 6/10 the highlights were good.
     
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  4. allsaintchris.

    allsaintchris. Well-Known Member

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    Best Driver: Seb, led most of the race without crashing. A+ for improvement.
    Worst Driver: Groanjohn
    Luckiest Driver: Seb as well, got into a lead no one expected him to get.
    Unluckiest Driver: Charles, should have won, did nothing wrong to lose 1st place.
    Best Rookie/New Driver: Albon/Norris. Both driving well.

    Best Team: Ferrari. No one expected a 1-2 frpm them.
    Surprise Team: Ferrari. For the above reason.
    Worst Team: Haas. Poor car, poor drivers, poor management.
    Best Strategy: Ferrari for the 1-2.
    Worst Strategy: Mercedes. Lost podium/win opportunity due to bad calls.

    Best Overtake/Defence (Racecraft): Ricciardo provided some entertainment.

    Most Surprising: Ferrari showing pace no one expected
    Least Surprising: Renualt strong in qualifing, poor in race.
    Funniest moment: Lewis trying to be the good sport during Vettel's interview. I felt it was a bit patronising.
    Excuse of the weekend: “we need to conserve the PU”

    Special Mention: Cosicave for this - "Will our awards Singapore tune?"


    Race Rating: 5/10. It could have kicked off at any point at the front. but just didn't. Maybe the teams were just to evenly matched at this track to overtake?
     
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  5. Paul Greasley

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    Best Driver: Charles Leclerc, I think. He demonstrated fantastic qualifying lap. I can also note Hulkenberg, who droves from P19 after starting crash to P9.
    Worst Driver: Romain Grosjean, I think. I can also noted Raikkonen and Kvyat there. There was the worst race for russian at this season.
    Luckiest Driver: Sebastian Vettel. And don't ask me why.)
    Unluckiest Driver: Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz. They were robbed - Charles loses the victory, Carlos - 4-6 points, I think.
    Best Rookie/New Driver: Alexander Albon and Lando Norris. Alex can improved his pace in Red Bull, and he was too closed to RB traditional rivals. And Lando also, he was between leader-group and other on all distance.

    Best Team: Ferrari. Winning in qualifying and race.
    Surprise Team: Ferrari. 1-2.
    Worst Team: Mercedes. No one pilot on the podium.
    Best Strategy: Renault, but only with Hulkenberg.
    Worst Strategy: Haas. Traditional. What they doing with Magnussen?! Awful!

    Best Overtake/Defence (Racecraft): Kvyat/Magnussen/Kubica. That was nice, but really priceless (I mean 15th is not have really big price)

    Most Surprising: Albon's pace.
    Least Surprising: Haas's totally degradation.
    Funniest moment: Giovinazzi's leadership.
    Excuse of the weekend: My Enhlish is still annoying everyone here. Or not?)

    Special Mention: Very strong race and impressive result from Gasly, not bad race by Giovinazzi. Raikkonen continues to make me sad. Marko don't want to get Kvyat another chance in Red Bull - it's a shame.

    Race Rating: 5/10. That wasn't impressive race like two previous GPs. And I'm afraid what we can see in a next race.. Seriously, Russian GP is one of the most boring races in calendar. I don't really say it about my home race, but as Metallica sings once - Sad but true.
     
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  6. Justjazz

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    Best Driver:hmm, CLC, good quali and drive ruined by Ferrari
    Worst Driver: Grosjean, lost the plot a long time ago..
    Luckiest Driver: Seb Vettel although was it luck or favouritism? I have lost respect for Vettel, he would have to do a lot more than this to earn it back.
    Unluckiest Driver: CLC
    Best Rookie/New Driver:Norris and Albon. Both are performing very well for Rookies. They are both achieving what Charles achieved last year. It also says a lot about those who are trailing behind them with vastly more experience although undoubtedly the car has a part to play.

    Best Team:Ferrari, for once. Three in a row!
    Surprise Team: Ferrari, we all thought they would lag behind here.
    Worst Team: I am going with Mercedes as they could have won this. Completely dropped the ball on the undercut and then they froze. Shades of the old Mercedes of 2 or was it 3 years ago. They were asleep.
    Best Strategy: Ferrari on the undercut,
    Worst Strategy: Mercedes having lost position never considered any alternative strategy on the tyres. Big ern raised a good question on the other thread, if the tyres performed according to plan there was maybe a a two stop alternative following losing the undercut.

    Best Overtake/Defence (Racecraft): Not much stood out but I think the circuit does not lend itself to good camera footage. Also, I was p****d off when I realised Ferrari had screwed Charles.

    Most Surprising: Vettel, I am sure some will be very pleased and only see his performance with the blinkers on. Me? I took the blinkers off a long time ago, he is still past being a great in my book.
    Least Surprising: Grosjean
    Funniest moment: I wasn't laughing
    Excuse of the weekend: I couldn't hear, I was in a noisy place when watching.

    Special Mention: Albon and Norris.

    Race Rating: 5.5/10 Always fancied a trip back to Singapore to watch the F! but not on that performance.
     
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  7. El_Bando

    El_Bando Can't remember, where was I?
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    Best Driver: charles Eclaire
    Worst Driver: Grosjean. Showing the reason why Haas kept him.
    Luckiest Driver: Vettel. The strategy worked better than expected
    Unluckiest Driver:Russell losing his finishing record to dumb Grosjean move.
    Best Rookie/New Driver: Albon

    Best Team: Ferrari
    Surprise Team: Ferrari
    Worst Team: Mercedes just seemed off.
    Best Strategy: Ferrari
    Worst Strategy:Mercedes

    Best Overtake/Defence (Racecraft): The end lap 4 car shuffle was intense

    Most Surprising:
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    Funniest moment: Kvyat torpedo

    Excuse of the weekend: Hamilton before the race said he was a team player. But blames team for his strategy

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    Race Rating: 6/10
     
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  8. Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar Well-Known Member
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    Best Driver: Lando Norris
    Worst Driver: Romain Grosjean, outstaying his welcome in the sport.
    Luckiest Driver:Seb Vettel
    Unluckiest Driver: Leclerc - Even right before his inlap he was just doing the laptimes Ferrari wanted and wasn't even told Seb had pitted. His frustration was completely understandable.
    Best Rookie/New Driver:Norris

    Best Team:Ferrari
    Surprise Team: Ferrari
    Worst Team: Haas. What is happening there?
    Unluckiest team: Mclaren for losing Sainz immidately again.
    Best Strategy: Ferrari. Who knows about the long term effects on team harmony, but for this race its a 1-2.
    Worst Strategy:Mercedes. Stayed out praying for a SC. Didn't get it.
    Best Overtake/Defence (Racecraft): Vettel made 6 seconds on Leclerc through the traffic. Has to be the most impressive Racecraft.

    Most Surprising: Giovinazzi the first non big 3 driver to lead a lap since 2016.
    Least Surprising: Romain being terrible.
    Funniest moment: Vettels awkwardness with Leclerc in the cool down room. "you lost... Weight"
    Excuse of the weekend: nothing egregious.

    Special Mention: Pierre Gasly, who is now somehow doing better than Kvyat after being atrocious the entire first half of the season.

    Race Rating: 4/10. Eh. It wasn't the worst this season I suppose.
     
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  9. Big Ern

    Big Ern Lord, Master, Guru & Emperor

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    good point, he would've been clear away but for the SC. Ferrari might've accidentally given him the advantage over CLC, but he took the lead by himself.
     
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