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View Poll Results: Who is your driver of this year's race from Hockenheim? | |||
Nico Rosberg | 1 | 1.19% | |
Valtteri Bottas | 28 | 33.33% | |
Felipe Massa | 1 | 1.19% | |
Kevin Magnussen | 2 | 2.38% | |
Daniel Ricciardo | 17 | 20.24% | |
Sebastian Vettel | 0 | 0% | |
Fernando Alonso | 3 | 3.57% | |
Daniil Kvyat | 0 | 0% | |
Nico Hulkenberg | 1 | 1.19% | |
Sergio Perez | 0 | 0% | |
Jenson Button | 0 | 0% | |
Kimi Raikkonen | 1 | 1.19% | |
Jean-Eric Vergne | 0 | 0% | |
Esteban Gutierrez | 0 | 0% | |
Romain Grosjean | 0 | 0% | |
Lewis Hamilton | 29 | 34.52% | |
Adrian Sutil | 0 | 0% | |
Jules Bianchi | 0 | 0% | |
Pastor Maldonado | 1 | 1.19% | |
Kamui Kobayashi | 0 | 0% | |
Max Chilton | 0 | 0% | |
Marcus Ericsson | 0 | 0% | |
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20 Jul 2014, 13:37 (Ref:3435835) | #1 | |
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Driver of the race: German Grand Prix 2014
Who is your driver of this year's race from Hockenheim?
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20 Jul 2014, 13:40 (Ref:3435839) | #2 | |
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Bottas for me!
Alonso once again fantastic, Hamilton and Ricciardo entertaining and Rosberg obviously flawless. |
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20 Jul 2014, 13:57 (Ref:3435858) | #3 | |
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Bottas. Absolutely a dominating Finn.
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20 Jul 2014, 14:25 (Ref:3435868) | #4 | ||
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yes, I voted Maldonado.
I honestly think it's good for him to get a full race, with overtakes, and not have an accident. and with the Lotus suffering in handling after losing FRIC, and it not being a very good car this year anyway, it must have been a great drive for him (even the tv-director missed it) obviously, there were some even more stellar drives out there, but those will get the votes they deserve too |
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20 Jul 2014, 15:07 (Ref:3435887) | #5 | ||
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The obvious choice is Lewis, 20th to 3rd and then there's Bottas but I'm going to give it to Alonso. I should have given him DOTR for the British GP. How gets that pig of a Ferrari to do what it does is truly impressive, particularly in that battle with Ricciardo.
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20 Jul 2014, 16:09 (Ref:3435908) | #6 | ||
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Kimi?
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20 Jul 2014, 16:28 (Ref:3435916) | #7 | |
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20 Jul 2014, 19:03 (Ref:3435936) | #8 | ||
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Lewis gets my vote.. Great job Fernando and Bottas
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20 Jul 2014, 19:07 (Ref:3435938) | #9 | |
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Bottas impressed me the most.Hamilton's progress through the field was spectacular in his silver dodgem and with an intact front wing assembly he just might have been on a higher step on the podium.
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20 Jul 2014, 19:43 (Ref:3435949) | #10 | |
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Ahhh, much like Silverstone - there are a lot of drivers to chose for DOTOR again.
Rosberg - I see he has gone unmentioned, but he did get pole and win the race. That being said, he did have it easy today - it was his to lose. Danny Boy - This guy is amasing! He is whipping his more experienced 4 times WDC teammate's butt in the points standing - and tussling with Hamilton and Alonso in this race. Go Danny. Alonso - What more can be said about this guy. Clearly, he is still the best all-rounder in F1 today. He can get something extra out of a midfield car - if only Ferrari gave a car worthy of his talents. Another strong performance from him - I very rarely ever see him give a sub par performance - that's why he is so good. Hamilton - Okay - he was on the backfoot from qualifying - not his fault this time around - but he put in an impressive display here. His three abreast tussle with Danny and Kimi was very brave. A bit messy with his move on Jenson - but I think that was Jenson not seeing him in his mirrors. Possibly could have had a 2nd place - but still a mighty performance from the Hamster today. Bottas - This guy is ice cool - like a lot of Finnish drivers. Strong qualifying and another podium. He managed to keep Hamster at bay and collect 2nd. So, after consideration - I am going to give it to Bottas again. Taking the second fastest car to 2nd place and keeping his car on the road with no incidents. |
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20 Jul 2014, 21:36 (Ref:3435986) | #12 | ||
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I gave it to Hamilton, because coming to the podium from 20th on the grid is quite impressive, not to mention doing it with a damaged front wing.
Beyond that, Bottas drove a fine race (as did Rosberg, to take the win). Ricciardo and Alonso were excellent as well, fighting it out as they did. |
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21 Jul 2014, 15:55 (Ref:3436295) | #13 | ||
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went for Bottas. quickly becoming my favorite driver on the grid.
indeed. despite one team enjoying such an advantage, in terms of the driving contest, we really have been treated to some stellar driving and battles this season. |
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20 Jul 2014, 19:41 (Ref:3435948) | #14 | ||
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In other circumstances it would easily have been Bottas, but 20th to 3rd and almost 2nd has to make it Hamilton's DOTR. Special mentions to Ricciardo and the ever-feisty true racer Alonso and the time to find alternative employment award to Kimi......
Erm.... No. |
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20 Jul 2014, 19:47 (Ref:3435953) | #15 | |
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ESTEBAN GUTIERREZ OVERTOOK ALONSO AND OUTQUALIFIED HAMILTON IN A SAUBER HE MUST BE A GOD
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20 Jul 2014, 19:51 (Ref:3435956) | #16 | |
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Hamilton would've and should've got it but no. He's in the fastest car bar none and walked past most of the cars at the end of a huge straight with DRS and Merc power as well as the best chassis to rely on through the corners. Yes, 20th to 3rd is damn impressive, but with Massa retiring, he should've finished ahead of everyone bar his teammate and Bottas.
I was genuinely tempted by Rosberg, Vettel (what a move sandwiching Kimi!), Alonso and Hulkenberg (very, very solid, kept his nose clean and ran a very strong race) but gave it to Bottas for doing what Rosberg did exactly, just in a worse car (with worse results ). So why did I vote Bottas? Hmm... |
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20 Jul 2014, 20:32 (Ref:3435971) | #17 | ||
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Bottas for me, very worried at what some people were watching given some of the votes cast
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20 Jul 2014, 20:41 (Ref:3435973) | #18 | ||
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Daniel Ricciardo, cause he is the fastest F1 driver of all time.
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21 Jul 2014, 02:21 (Ref:3436072) | #19 | ||
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Quite a few contenders today:
Hamilton - A great drive from 20th to 3rd but ultimately the car has such an obvious advantage that this isn't a great achievement. I also thought some of his overtaking was overhasty and he was lucky to not cause a crash when he was out of control sliding passed Kimi. Rosberg - Again a dominant win but wasn't troubled due to a car advantage. Riccardo - Some excellent passing and clever defensive driving against Alonso. He is probably my driver of the season so far. But in the end I went for: Bottas: Three podiums in a row and he's suddenly emerging and the next stage of F1. The most impressive part of his drive was the last 5 laps of so when he did hold off Hamilton in a fair fight. It shows that the Williams has a fair amount of pace. |
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Hamilton made a lot of progress but realistically in that car pretty much any of the drivers could have done that so not driver of the race. Good scrap between Alonso and Riccardo - Riccardos recovery through the field after his first lap Massa dodging was a more impressive drive than Hamiltons I'd have said - given the disadvantage of having the Renault lump. |
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20 Jul 2014, 21:55 (Ref:3435997) | #22 | |
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A tricky one again in a thoroughly entertaining race.
Nico Rosberg did what he had to do, but we didn't get a direct comparison with Lewis Hamilton. It's the same with Bottas. Another excellent job, but I'd like to have a direct comparison with Felipe Massa in what is obviously a very good car before voting for him, excellent job though it was. Ricciardo once again looked fantastic - racey, measured and shrewd. Ultimately he was beaten by Vettel so I won't go for DOTR, even though I saw he lost out at the start. Alonso was fantastic again - I think the last mediocre race I remember from him was Monaco last year. In the end, I'm going to go for an unfancied choice, but a driver who can't be forgotten even though his team are slipping back a bit relative to the others. That's Nico Hulkenberg, about twelve seconds behind Ricciardo at the end, and well up on his teammate. |
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20 Jul 2014, 22:03 (Ref:3436000) | #23 | ||
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It was a tough choice but I have chosen Bottas. He has been consistent in the last few races in terms if points finishes, also he started very strong in Australia. I could have gone with Hamilton - don't get me wrong he had a very good race starting from 20th, but I think Bottas just edges it.
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20 Jul 2014, 22:34 (Ref:3436007) | #24 | ||
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I understand why lots of people voted Bottas. Excellent drive.
I understand why there is praise for Ricardo, Alonso and even the Hulk. I don't understand why NO-ONE has voted for Rosberg. What more was he supposed to do!? However I have voted for Hamilton. A scintillating drive through the field, only slightly curtailed when he couldn't make the front tyres last with his "lightweight" front wing. Yes, one or two of the overtakes were a bit leary, but there's no other way of getting from 20th to 3rd. Anyway, the one that broke his wing was mostly down to JB. |
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Honourable mention to Rosberg who did everything perfectly to win. |
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