Official Driver of the Grand Prix: Japanese Grand Prix 2018

**Born Racer** · 7 Oct 2018, 07:24 (Ref:3855097)

Who do you vote as the driver of the Japanese Grand Prix?

S griffin · 7 Oct 2018, 08:53 (Ref:3855112)

For the second week in a row I'm giving it to a RBR driver who made a brilliant recovery from a bad grid position. This time to Danny

GT6 · 7 Oct 2018, 12:54 (Ref:3855178)

Ricci put on a good show and gets my vote this time

**Aysedasi** · 7 Oct 2018, 13:04 (Ref:3855187)

Ricciardo. Excellent drive. It would be good to see him have one last podium before he disappears into obscurity with Renault.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 7 Oct 2018, 13:10 (Ref:3855189)

Ricciardo, 15th to 4th after yesterday's disastrous qualifying session.

chillibowl · 7 Oct 2018, 13:31 (Ref:3855199)

another near perfect drive from LH. for a driver with a giant ego/personality (as most of the good ones have) he sure doesnt let it trip him up on track.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 7 Oct 2018, 13:50 (Ref:3855201)

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Originally Posted by chillibowl

another near perfect drive from LH. for a driver with a giant ego/personality (as most of the good ones have) he sure doesnt let it trip him up on track.

He has let his giant ego/personality trip him up in the past, when things haven't go his way.

**Aysedasi** · 7 Oct 2018, 13:50 (Ref:3855202)

But 6 wins out of the last 7 races bears out what chilli says...... The past is only there for reference, at the moment at least.

chillibowl · 7 Oct 2018, 14:01 (Ref:3855208)

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Originally Posted by Aysedasi

But 6 wins out of the last 7 races bears out what chilli says...... The past is only there for reference, at the moment at least.

indeed. for the moment at least, the petulance of his past seems to be well in his past.

his hair is still the worst though. he should wear his helmet more.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 7 Oct 2018, 14:04 (Ref:3855209)

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Originally Posted by Aysedasi

But 6 wins out of the last 7 races bears out what chilli says...... The past is only there for reference, at the moment at least.

Hamilton is a true out and out racer, it's just that when things haven't gone his way, he can get sulky, though this season he has shown a lot less of that side of himself.

**Aysedasi** · 7 Oct 2018, 14:28 (Ref:3855227)

I guess they all have different temperaments, particularly the very best. I confess I don't care too much for the hair and the tattoos and the emotions, but it doesn't really matter when you drive race after race without error and have the 'best of the rest' making mistakes in your wake...

**bjohnsonsmith** · 7 Oct 2018, 14:52 (Ref:3855243)

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Originally Posted by Aysedasi

I guess they all have different temperaments, particularly the very best. I confess I don't care too much for the hair and the tattoos and the emotions, but it doesn't really matter when you drive race after race without error and have the 'best of the rest' making mistakes in your wake...

The tattoos are de rigueur. All sports types have them these days, from Cricket to Rugby.

GORDON STREETER · 7 Oct 2018, 16:31 (Ref:3855258)

I gave it to Hammy for a faultless drive, I was also waiting "finger boy" to blame Max for their coming together !

gert · 7 Oct 2018, 21:16 (Ref:3855297)

I'm still undecided between Perez and Sainz.

Both had to fight hard with cars in their own league to get
* the best of the rest for Sergio,
* a useful point for Carlos with a car that is known to be hard on its tires

As for the drive-trhough-the-field-drives: like I have mentioned before, I don't see those as all that geat. The top 6 have such a car advantage that you don't expect anything less than them finishing in the top 6.
Most of the opposition are not even putting up a fight.
Vettel also had no (real) difficulty to recover from 16th on lap 27 to 6th.
In that perspective, no, I don't find that all very spectacular. Not with Vettel, Verstappen, Bottas, Hamilton or Raikkonnen in previous races either.

Neil22 · 8 Oct 2018, 03:27 (Ref:3855330)

Lewis. Kudos to Leclerc for the quote.