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Nico Rosberg | 6 | 9.84% | |
Lewis Hamilton | 13 | 21.31% | |
Daniel Ricciardo | 0 | 0% | |
Sebastian Vettel | 1 | 1.64% | |
Fernando Alonso | 6 | 9.84% | |
Kimi Raikkonen | 1 | 1.64% | |
Nico Hulkenberg | 0 | 0% | |
Sergio Perez | 7 | 11.48% | |
Felipe Massa | 1 | 1.64% | |
Valtteri Bottas | 25 | 40.98% | |
Jenson Button | 0 | 0% | |
Kevin Magnussen | 0 | 0% | |
Daniil Kvyat | 1 | 1.64% | |
Jean-Eric Vergne | 0 | 0% | |
Romain Grosjean | 0 | 0% | |
Pastor Maldonado | 0 | 0% | |
Adrian Sutil | 0 | 0% | |
Esteban Gutierrez | 0 | 0% | |
Jules Bianchi | 0 | 0% | |
Max Chilton | 0 | 0% | |
Kamui Kobayashi | 0 | 0% | |
Marcus Ericsson | 0 | 0% | |
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22 Jun 2014, 16:18 (Ref:3424991) | #1 | |
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Driver of the race: Austrian Grand Prix 2014
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22 Jun 2014, 16:24 (Ref:3424994) | #2 | ||
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Valterri Bottas , great drive and a Williams on the podium , also respect to Nico , Lewis and Sergio .
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22 Jun 2014, 16:29 (Ref:3424998) | #3 | |
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Bottas
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22 Jun 2014, 18:11 (Ref:3425032) | #4 | |
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The three best performances came from Hamilton (brilliant start) Perez (gutsy drive from 17th to run 1st at one point, finished 6th, and fastest lap), and probably Bottas. I gave my vote to Perez.
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22 Jun 2014, 19:08 (Ref:3425048) | #5 | ||
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Nico's is just a bit too obvious for me, Bottas got his first podium but I gave it to Perez, an impressive drive from 17th to eventually 6th.
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22 Jun 2014, 19:11 (Ref:3425050) | #6 | |
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Has to be Perez. Great drive.
Runner up is Alonso. Beating one of the best drivers in F1 by 30 seconds must be impressive, right? |
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22 Jun 2014, 20:06 (Ref:3425064) | #7 | ||
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I voted Hamilton - 9th to 2nd was pretty good even if most of it was during the first lap. Agree Bottas and Perez had impressive days (and well done Bottas for his first podium).
Anti-driver of the day - Massa. Pole position... beaten by his team-mate. |
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22 Jun 2014, 20:15 (Ref:3425068) | #8 | ||
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I'll give it to Nico, because he didn't seem to put a foot wrong.......though very closse between him and Lewis who performed a brilliant recovery from a poor starting position.
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22 Jun 2014, 20:22 (Ref:3425069) | #9 | ||
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Because the polls says "Driver of the race" I voted Hamilton. A stunning start and an excellent damage limitation performance.
If it was "Driver of the weekend" it definitely wouldn't be Hamilton, because it was his own stupid fault he started in 9th. |
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22 Jun 2014, 21:02 (Ref:3425077) | #10 | ||
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Hulkenburg went from 10th to 9th, which isn't bad until you realize his teammate went 16th to 6th. Raikkonen finished 30 seconds behind his teammate. Chilton finished 35 seconds behind his and Grosjean was a full minute behind Maldonado. |
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22 Jun 2014, 21:27 (Ref:3425085) | #11 | ||
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Rosberg. In the later stages of the race he held off Hamilton and maintained a safe gap while conserving his car.
Hamilton was also worthy, mainly for the first couple of laps. Bottas did a tidy job too. If he'd worn the lederhausen, then he would have probably got the vote. Perez did another of his tyre preservation specials, even though he ended up two-stopping like everyone else. Much better result (based on grid position) than his highly respected team-mate. Alonso continued to make Kimi look second-rate. |
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23 Jun 2014, 00:43 (Ref:3425139) | #12 | |
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Rosberg I guess.
Honourable mentions to Massa and Bottas for quali and the start followed by dodgy strategy. Lewis great start and first lap! But weekend ruined by him as Garcon said above. Pretty ordinary weekend from a driver point of view, probably Lewis' first lap was the highpoint! |
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23 Jun 2014, 03:00 (Ref:3425165) | #13 | ||
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Bottas, but kudos to Perez for keeping me awake.
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23 Jun 2014, 04:47 (Ref:3425194) | #14 | |
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Fernando Alonso for me. Beat his World Champion team-mate by 5 places and was hanging onto the coat-tails of some stronger cars.
I've sometimes wondered if we ought to do it as driver of the Grand Prix weekend rather than of only the race. |
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23 Jun 2014, 05:47 (Ref:3425206) | #15 | ||
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If Veeyat had finished. ....
Toss up between Checo and Fernando for moi. Bottas fimally netting what he's promised for ages. |
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23 Jun 2014, 06:04 (Ref:3425209) | #16 | ||
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Hamilton's first lap almost got it, but does have the best equipment to do that, so went with Bottas for the fight he gave in the middle and a genuine "race winning performane"*
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23 Jun 2014, 07:46 (Ref:3425236) | #17 | ||
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Bottas - a great drive for a (hopefully) resurgent team. As for Vettel? Now he is having to deal with the usual (for most) problems of a not so spectacular car - and a team trying to make it right each race.
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23 Jun 2014, 09:09 (Ref:3425278) | #18 | ||
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I would have gone Hamilton for that effortless first lap surge and the way he kept Nico honest all race, but it's always good to give the honour to newer 'blood'. Bottas drove an excellent race to get his first podium, so he gets my vote.
PS I see you haven't even tried to justify the automatic Kimi vote this time Pete - would have been pretty difficult! PS 2 - I assume the vote for Vettel was clicking the wrong button - finger trouble! |
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23 Jun 2014, 09:12 (Ref:3425281) | #19 | |
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Bottas gets my vote, for not panicking in any way as the race wore on. Smart drive.
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23 Jun 2014, 10:17 (Ref:3425307) | #20 | ||
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Bottas just about shades Perez and gets the vote.
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23 Jun 2014, 10:19 (Ref:3425308) | #21 | ||
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Perez.
Great drive from the back, showed a lot of maturity after being stitched up in Montreal. Bodes well for the future. |
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23 Jun 2014, 10:56 (Ref:3425327) | #22 | ||
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23 Jun 2014, 11:45 (Ref:3425346) | #23 | ||
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PS I see you haven't even tried to justify the automatic Kimi vote this time Pete - would have been pretty difficult!
PS 2 - I assume the vote for Vettel was clicking the wrong button - finger trouble![/QUOTE] |
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23 Jun 2014, 11:47 (Ref:3425349) | #24 | ||
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Love is blind eh?......
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23 Jun 2014, 12:44 (Ref:3425383) | #25 | |
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This is a tricky one.
Hamilton - Superb charge on the first lap. Yes - he does have the best car - but it was without DRS on not the easiest track to overtake. A good strong finish to 2nd and managed to keep his teammate worried for most of the race. Rosberg - Well, he did win after all. Managed a good pass on Pérez. Kept his teammate behind him. Pérez - Lead some of the race - and came from 16th to 6th and beat his teammate. Sergio knows how to be gentle on those tyres. Alonso - A really strong finish. Only dropped one place from his qualifying position. The guy is always so strong in a race - and even with a second tier car. Still, probably the best all round driver in F1 at the moment. Bottas - A superb performance in qualifying. Plus, a podium finish and only 8 seconds behind the class leading cars. On balance - and I suppose I should acknowledge some new talent here - I'll give it to Bottas. But it was a very tough choice out of all of those drivers for that race. |
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