Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Monaco
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - Monaco
1. Daniel Ricciardo - That drive will go down in the history books, I thought he was done when he reported the loss of power.
2. Esteban Ocon - If it wasn't for the late VSC, I'd have put money on him finishing ahead of Bottas. He was taking almost two seconds a lap out of the Finn at one point.
2. Esteban Ocon - If it wasn't for the late VSC, I'd have put money on him finishing ahead of Bottas. He was taking almost two seconds a lap out of the Finn at one point.
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(1) The 2018 Monaco F1 GP - that was the best race of the season so far for me. Just shows that rain and overtaking are not the only things to spice it up.
(2) Gasly
(2) Gasly
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Daniel Ricciardo's run today must surely be the most improbable this weekend, for somehow holding on for the win in a Red Bull that was 160bhp down on power, and lacking two gears, and ultimately (through better tyre management) by a fair margin too!
A Honourable Mention must also go to Pierre Gasly, for getting into Q3 in qualifying then managing P7 in the race, ahead of both Renaults on pure pace.
A Honourable Mention must also go to Pierre Gasly, for getting into Q3 in qualifying then managing P7 in the race, ahead of both Renaults on pure pace.
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Daniel Ricciardo's win in spite of all that was against him was just legendary. He kept his head and won his second victory of the season already.
Charles Leclerc, though I know he's won the last two awards already, was once again great until his brake failure.
Pierre Gasly getting points again should go noticed as well.
Honestly, I don't remember anything else being outwardly awesome about the race outside of Ricciardo's heroics...
Charles Leclerc, though I know he's won the last two awards already, was once again great until his brake failure.
Pierre Gasly getting points again should go noticed as well.
Honestly, I don't remember anything else being outwardly awesome about the race outside of Ricciardo's heroics...
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1. Ricciardo
2. Gasly
2. Gasly
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This is going to be another one of those slam-dunk victories, so I'm going to give an honourable mention to Channel 4's qualifying programme, specifically. Why? While showing some archive film, they overlaid this on it...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpXwV3woHi4
...and anyone watching the BBC circa the early 1990s will know why that drew my attention.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpXwV3woHi4
...and anyone watching the BBC circa the early 1990s will know why that drew my attention.
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I'll nominate Ricciardo, for winning despite being down on power by 20% for 70% of the race.
Honourable mention to Ricciardo, for getting Prince Albert and Princess Charlene to swig champagne out of the bottle (even though I suspect the Princess didn't actually drink anything).
Honourable mention to Ricciardo, for getting Prince Albert and Princess Charlene to swig champagne out of the bottle (even though I suspect the Princess didn't actually drink anything).
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Honestly, I tip my hat to Pierre Gasly here. He managed that ultra-long hypersoft stint, played his cards perfectly, and deserved more than 7th in my books. Might have been a bit off form in the past few races, but at least he showed that his performance in Bahrain wasn't just pure luck.
Also, an honourable mention to Sergey Sirotkin. Yes, he only finished ahead of his teammate, who had two punctures in the race. But he showed some serious pace in qualifying, and if it weren't for Williams in 2018 being...well, Williams in 2018, he might've been battling for a point or two instead of receiving the draconian stop'n'go penalty.
Also, an honourable mention to Sergey Sirotkin. Yes, he only finished ahead of his teammate, who had two punctures in the race. But he showed some serious pace in qualifying, and if it weren't for Williams in 2018 being...well, Williams in 2018, he might've been battling for a point or two instead of receiving the draconian stop'n'go penalty.
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That's the poll up for the next 48 hours! The third and fourth choices were very difficult to narrow down to two options, so I took the sentiments toward Sirotkin I'd seen on other threads and the chat for his nomination. If your choice wasn't there, I'm sorry, but I'm going with what I can see posted.
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Felipe Nasr - the least forgettable F1 driver!Murray Walker at the 1997 Austrian Grand Prix wrote:The other [Stewart] driver, who nobody's been paying attention to, because he's disappointing, is Jan Magnussen.
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The winner of the Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race in Monaco was Daniel Ricciardo, who wins his second award this year, once again for a very meritorious win! This time he was completely dominant all weekend, succeeding where his teammate failed, and even when all hope was lost and he lost power half an hour into the race, he held his ground, kept Vettel behind, and won Monaco.
Felipe Nasr - the least forgettable F1 driver!Murray Walker at the 1997 Austrian Grand Prix wrote:The other [Stewart] driver, who nobody's been paying attention to, because he's disappointing, is Jan Magnussen.