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Pick your Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race!

Poll ended at 28 Oct 2018, 22:04

Kimi Räikkönen
1
7%
Max Verstappen
1
7%
Renault
1
7%
The guy who went "nyoooowww"
11
79%
 
Total votes: 14

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1. Kimi Raikkonen - Honestly thought Australia 2013 would remain his final race win. The best part is, he didn't luck into this one, he properly earned it. It's almost enough to restore one's faith in F1.

2. Renault - Dominated Formula B this evening.
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I'm going to say what little life remains in the championship battle. It's still obviously pretty much over, but I don't think anyone expected it to still technically be on after today, especially with Vettel's grid penalty.
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1. Max Verstappen

2. Kimi Räikkönen
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Post by dinizintheoven »

Kimi Räikkönen will not go gentle into that good night,
Old age (i.e. 39 years) should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, and shout "PERKELE!" against the dying of the light.

Is he the oldest winner since Nigel Mansell at the end of 1994?
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"Oh gee, I wonder who's going to win this week."

Just because I hate a one man race, I'm going to say Max Verstappen. That was one of his best drives I have ever seen.

I mean let's be real here, Kimi's realistically 113 races behind, he should have been on that podium for years.
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I don't care what happened in the race, the sound effect guy on lap 9 was exactly what F1 has needed. For those who missed it: https://youtu.be/8fHAnyz9JTc
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CarloSpace wrote:I don't care what happened in the race, the sound effect guy on lap 9 was exactly what F1 has needed. For those who missed it: https://youtu.be/8fHAnyz9JTc

I knew I forgot something! I also nominate this guy.
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dinizintheoven wrote:Kimi Räikkönen will go gentle into that good night,
Old age (i.e. 39 years) should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, and shout "PERKELE!" against the dying of the light.

Is he the oldest winner since Nigel Mansell at the end of 1994?

Yes, that is indeed the case, and it puts him just outside of the top ten oldest ever race winners in F1 as well (I think he is the 11th oldest race winner - as an aside, if he did win in Abu Dhabi, he would then be in the top 10 oldest ever F1 winners as he'd just edge out Reutemann's 1981 Belgian GP victory).

As others have noted, Kimi is probably going to be the runaway winner here so, like You-Gee-Eee-Day, I think that I will go for something different and pick Renault - they've been off the pace for some time, so to top the midfield battle today went against their recent poor run of form.

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CarloSpace wrote:I don't care what happened in the race, the sound effect guy on lap 9 was exactly what F1 has needed. For those who missed it: https://youtu.be/8fHAnyz9JTc

I knew I forgot something! I also nominate this guy.

You know, I was wondering for a moment whether I was imagining those sounds, before assuming that they must have been picking up stray noises from the crowd (maybe a kid making those noises as the cars went past). I didn't realise that it was one of the sound crew who was making those noises.
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IIDOTR:
1. KIMIWINSWAT
2. Max Verstappen, I guess
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The last 15 or so laps of the race: genuinely entertaining
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I nominate Max Verstappen for finishing second after starting 18th. :shock: Seriously, for all the errors early this season, when he's doing well, he's absolutely amazing!

Honorable mentions to Räikkönen (took what might be his last win in spite of a questionable strategy, breaking a couple of records along the way) and Renault (for easily being best of the rest today).
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1. Max V no doubt
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Kimi made up a place at the start, was pretty firm and kept the tyres. I was impressed.
But maybe more impressed by Max's tyre management - to last so well, keep up the pace and make his one-stop work.
And then there's Renault - where did that come from ?

Difficult to choose...Hartley also made his one-stop work and wasnt the last of the one-stop runners...(Although his post-race interview indicated he was pretty upset. Hopefully the DSQs cheered him up )
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Verstappen: He's got skills, and the temperament is coming along well, good drive.

Kimi (And Ferrari's strategist too!): Even when it looked wrong, they turned it around and had the last laugh (If Kimi laughs of course)

Renault: Solid stuff, they could be coming good at just the right time.
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1 Kimi Raikkonen: I thought this day would never come again. The only way I thought it would was if the other 5 cars from the top 6 all retired, but he absolutely earned that win. Superb defence against Hamilton on worn tires in my view contributed to Hamilton having to stop again and he displayed his Iceman Moniker with Verstappen and Hamilton closing him down. There's still life in the old warhorse yet

2 Max Verstappen: You expected him to get to 6th easily such is the 2 tier formula we have now (Or Formula 1.5 as people have dubbed it now). What we didn't expect was for him to reach 2nd. Jumped Bottas on merit and gets bonus marks for giving Hamilton no quarter late on
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Brendon Hartley - eleventh place on pure merit, probably his best drive this year. After the mistakes of others, elevated to ninth place, which I feel is poetic justice.

Stoffel Vandoorne - yeah, I know, I know, but he drove a steady measured race to come as close to points as he has in a while, in a weekend where McLaren were extremely disadvantaged.

The man going "neyoooooow" next to the track microphone - uncanny.
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Poll is up! A bit of a delay after the ROTR poll, but here you go.

48 hours, people :dance:
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In one of the most dominant poll victories of the year, the Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race goes to That guy who came up on the international feed going "nyoooooowwwwww". A true hero, and certainly a nice positive incident in a race with a couple of really nice ones! Move aside Kimi, this guy is the real victor.
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