[Official] Driver of the race: Canadian Grand Prix 2014

[Born Racer]

Who is your driver of the Grand Prix?

[skycafe]

Ricciardo, kept his cool, kept car running, ahead of his vaunted teammate all day.

[TrapezeArtist]

Ricciardo. Not only won the race, but he did it in style, and he beat his 4 times World Champ team-mate (again!).

[steve_r]

Ricciardo of course. Who would of thought he would win from the 3rd row of the grid, once again overhauling his team-mate.

[stripedcat]

Danny boy - a superb drive from him and he beat his teammate and took advantage of Rosberg's problem with his first win.

Kudos to Rosberg for managing the problem and claiming third.

I'll also give kudos to Peréz and Massa(despite the crash) for their very solid drives - and also to Button(up to 4th) and the Hulkster.

I suppose some begrudging kudos to go to Vettel as well for claiming a 3rd place.

[GT6]

Had to be Daniel, a well deserved win

[Teretonga]

Daniels performance was excellent. came from the third row, bided his time and conserved himself yet made the most of every opportunity and when it offered itself, he took it, So really well deserved. However it didn't get my vote because I gave it out of sympathy to Perez

He did an excellent job, kept everything clean coming from outside the top 10 till he got tagged by Massa. I felt sorry for him because he drove an excellent race and deserved far more than he got.

While Hulkenberg has got excellent results for Force India Perez almost took his second podium for the team and the car is not a top 3 car. So he did the most with what he had.

[F1Pete]

Kimi of course, for having enough driving sense to stay away from the carnage up front and claiming a point.

[Armco Bender]

Massa,he was the only one really racing all day...a bit of luck and he should have won it.

[Beryl]

Voted for Ricciardo in Monaco, so I'll vote for Massa here. Unlucky but a very good drive.

[MarkG]

Originally Posted by Armco Bender

Massa,he was the only one really racing all day...a bit of luck and he should have won it.

hmmm, I can think of drivers who may have won if they were in Massa's car today.

[gert]

Ricciardo of course, but great races too from
* Rosberg - got has sick car to the finish, and even nearly won
* Perez - how did he manage to get THAT many laps out of the supersofts
* Massa - a pity he didn't get past Vettel, would have loved to see him go for the win

[Armco Bender]

hmmm, I can think of drivers who may have won if they were in Massa's car today

Alonso?

[Mekola]

Ricciardo is the man of the race. His smile reminds me like an Australian Carlos Gardel... hehe...

[Razzzor]

Ricciardo - 5th to 1st but mostly for his bold move on Perez.

Perez - good for the first half, making those super-softs last half the race. but what happened on the primes??? He should have been up there passing Rosberg not hanging back like he was. Not a great second half to the race.

Vettel - I'd be a bit disappointed if I were Vettel, 2nd after the start, 10s clear of his teammate, he should have been well clear of them all and past Mercedes when they first started struggling. Instead he gets stuck behind Hulk, poor outlap in traffic then puts him behind Dani, and he couldn't put the same move his teammate did. In hindsight, I bet he wishes he could go back to the fight with Hulk and make sure he made the move at the hairpin. I think he may have passed Rosberg on the last lap as well - Nico lost 6.5s in one lap to Ricciardo, I believe.

Button also did pretty well to end up 4th, where'd he come from?

Kimi? Pathetic mate.

[Teretonga]

Originally Posted by Razzzor

Ricciardo - 5th to 1st but mostly for his bold move on Perez.

Perez - good for the first half, making those super-softs last half the race. but what happened on the primes??? He should have been up there passing Rosberg not hanging back like he was. Not a great second half to the race.

Vettel - I'd be a bit disappointed if I were Vettel, 2nd after the start, 10s clear of his teammate, he should have been well clear of them all and past Mercedes when they first started struggling. Instead he gets stuck behind Hulk, poor outlap in traffic then puts him behind Dani, and he couldn't put the same move his teammate did. In hindsight, I bet he wishes he could go back to the fight with Hulk and make sure he made the move at the hairpin. I think he may have passed Rosberg on the last lap as well - Nico lost 6.5s in one lap to Ricciardo, I believe.
Button also did pretty well to end up 4th, where'd he come from?

Kimi? Pathetic mate.

I thought Perez was doing well considering he had the two Red Bulls behind him and the Force India is not in the same ball park for handling, so his tyres would have been caned and had done more laps.

Cannot fathom the stewards decision but need to read the report.

[Notso Swift]

Originally Posted by Armco Bender

Massa,he was the only one really racing all day...a bit of luck and he should have won it.

But Massa was only good for 68 laps...

[JoestForEver]

Jean Eric Verne. The only other team that manage to beat Mercedes engine and Ferrari with a slower car than RBR.

[Razzzor]

Oh actually I read Perez said his electronics cut out on him which is why Ricciardo got past. Guess it wasn't such an epic move afterall.

That's a couple races where Perez has definitely outperformed The Incredible Hulk, though. Just a shame Massa got stroppy at the end and ruined it for him, and the electronics issue and brake issue allowed the RB's past. If I were FI I'd protest that penalty, it was a racing incident.

[Richard C]

1: Ricciardo - for his first win
2: Rosberg - for salvaging second (and eye on the ball for season points) in a failing car
3: Massa - for almost making it work at the end. I don't hold the crash at the end against him given it was ruled not his fault.

Richard

[Neil22]

Ricciardo. Kudos to Jenson too.

[F J Nedos]

Originally Posted by Neil22

Ricciardo. Kudos to Jenson too.

+ 1.

[FAS33]

I voted for Daniel Ricciardo cause he's Aussie and he is the fastest driver on the Grid, imagine what he could do in that Mercedes

[Armco Bender]

But Massa was only good for 68 laps...

yes,until run off the road by that other guy.

[dsg]

Well done Daniel Ricciardo. 1st F1GP win for a Perth lad and hopefully the 1st of many.