F1 Rejects Forum Awards 2012

[Ed24]

Driver of the year: Fernando Alonso
Team of the year: Red Bull
Reject of the year: Grosjean
Race of the year: Brazil
Worst race of the year: India
Deadbeat teammate of the year: Bruno Senna
Most improved driver of the year: Nico Hulkenberg (based on improvement over the past; for intra-year improvement from Australia to Brazil, Massa wins hands down)
Rookie of the year: Romain Grosjean
Most anonymous driver of the year: Jean-Eric Vergne
Crasher of the year: Romain Grosjean
Epic fail of the year: McLaren throwing away a championship challenge
Drive of the year: Pastor Maldonado at Barcelona

[Nuppiz]

F1 awards
Driver of the year: Räikkönen
Team of the year: Sauber
Reject of the year: Mercedes
Race of the year: Brazil
Worst race of the year: India
Deadbeat teammate of the year: Grosjean
Most improved driver of the year: Perez
Rookie of the year: Pic
Most anonymous driver of the year: di Resta
Crasher of the year: Grosjean
Epic fail of the year: Räikkönen at Brazil
Drive of the year: Perez at Sepang

Forum awards
Forum member of the year: BaconLettuceNinja
Moderator of the year: mario
Thread of the year: The F1 Memes thread
Post of the year: This one
Signature of the year: dr-baker
Caption of the year: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=223&start=4440#p191659
Avatar of the year: AndreaModa
Quote of the year: "Farting in a press conference will lead to a DQ", by Shadaza
Spambot of the year: Beiplewek, for all the randomness
Predicament prediction of the year: I haven't really followed them, sorry

Roleplay awards (related to PMMF, for any PMMF-hosted series)
Virtual driver of the year: Alexey Buyvolov
Virtual team of the year: MRT
Virtual series/season of the year: REECCS
Virtual reject of the year: Trueba
Virtual dead-beat teammate of the year: Mike Stern, 2014 RoLFS
Virtual crasher of the year: Mario Andretti
Virtual female driver of the year: Yuki Yoshino
Virtual epic fail of the year: Mike Stern's spin at the penultimate 2014 RoLFS round
Virtual race of the year: 2015 F2RWRS French Grand Prix

[RealRacingRoots]

F1 Awards
Driver of the year: Fernando Alonso
Team of the year: *sigh* Red Bull
Reject of the year: AMG Mercedes
Race of the year: Malaysia
Worst race of the year: Canada
Deadbeat teammate of the year: Bruno Senna
Most improved driver of the year: Hulkemberg
Rookie of the year: Grosjean
Most anonymous driver of the year: Bruno Senna
Crasher of the year: Schumacher
Epic fail of the year: All of us thinking JDA will be a hero at Italy.
Drive of the year: Perez/Alonso @ Malaysia

Forum awards
Forum member of the year: Everyone
Moderator of the year: E:None of the Above
Thread of the year: F1 Meme Thread
Post of the year: HRT Chaos Theory by Jocke1
Signature of the year:
Caption of the year: Cynon: "Jos is half the man he used to be, evidently..."
Avatar of the year: Klon "#2 for a Reason"
Quote of the year:
Spambot of the year: That spambot who invaded the Predicament Predictions for Brazil.
Predicament prediction of the year: McDuck @ "South" Korea


I just entered the fray of the racing series', so No other awards.

[Gerudo Dragon]

Driver of the year: Alonso
Team of the year: HRT
Reject of the year: Schumacher
Race of the year: Brazil
Worst race of the year: India
Deadbeat teammate of the year: Senna
Most improved driver of the year: Massa
Rookie of the year: Vergne
Most anonymous driver of the year: di Resta
Crasher of the year: Grosjean
Epic fail of the year: McLaren's reliability
Drive of the year: Maldonado in Spain

[whatisdeletrazdoing]

Post of the Year

1. POTATOES
2. EVERYTHING ELSE

I also completely agree with whatisf1.

I rest my case.

[whatisdeletrazdoing]

(I apologize for double posting)
Driver of the year: Alonso
Team of the year: Sauber
Reject of the year: Mercedes/Di Resta
Race of the year: Brazil
Worst race of the year: India
Deadbeat teammate of the year: Senna
Most improved driver of the year: Perez
Rookie of the year: Pic
Most anonymous driver of the year: Ricciardo
Crasher of the year: Maldonado (for crashing in an exhibition)
Epic fail of the year: Renault Alternators
Drive of the year: Hulkenberg, Brazil

[coloni_subaru]

F1 awards
Driver of the year: Hamilton (too often his car let him down)
Team of the year: Sauber (miracles on their budget)
Reject of the year: Mercedes (incredibly slow on their budget)
Race of the year: Brazil (lots to pick from)
Worst race of the year: India
Deadbeat teammate of the year: Massa
Most improved driver of the year: Hulkenberg
Rookie of the year: Pic (of teh 'true' rookies)
Most anonymous driver of the year: Ricciardo
Crasher of the year: Grosjean
Epic fail of the year: Caterham's lack of progress
Drive of the year: Hamilton at Austin (also Alonso Valencia, Maldonado Spain and Vettel UAE)

[QuickYoda41]

F1 awards
Driver of the year: Vettel
Team of the year: Sauber
Reject of the year: Mercedes
Race of the year: Brazil
Worst race of the year: Korea
Deadbeat teammate of the year: Di Resta
Most improved driver of the year: Hülkenberg
Rookie of the year: Pic
Most anonymous driver of the year: Vergne
Crasher of the year: Grosjean
Epic fail of the year: Räikkönen in Brazil
Drive of the year: Perez in Monza

[Salamander]

Just in case anyone's wondering, here's the current votes. Also, if you're changing your vote, and you want it to register on this, please post after this saying that you've done so.

F1
Driver of the year
Fernando Alonso - 21.5*
Sebastian Vettel - 3
Kimi Raikkonen - 3
Sergio Perez - 1.5*
Pastor Maldonado - 1
Charles Pic - 1
Lewis Hamilton - 1

*Half-points from pi314159's nomination

Team of the year
Sauber - 15.333*
Red Bull - 7.333*
Williams - 3
Ferrari - 2
HRT - 2
Lotus - 1.333*
Force India - 1

*Third-points from Wallio's nomination

Reject of the year
Mercedes - 18** ***
Caterham - 5.5**
Romain Grosjean - 2
Michael Schumacher - 2
Bruno Senna - 1.5*
Narain Karthikeyan - 1
Paul di Resta - 1.5***
McLaren - 0.5*

*Half-points from Wallio's nomination
**Half-points from AdrianSutil's nomination
***Half-points from whatisdeletrazdoing's nomination

Race of the year
Interlagos - 13.5****
Abu Dhabi - 7** ***
Valencia - 6* ** *** ****
Sepang - 2
Shanghai - 1
All of them minus Bahrain, Hungary, Korea, and India - 1
Singapore - 0.5*

*Half-points from redbulljack14's nomination
**Half-points from tristan1117's nomination
***Half-points from AdrianSutil's nomination
****Half-points from FMecha's nomination

Snoozefest of the year
India - 23.5**
Korea - 4.5*
Hungary - 1.5**
Monaco - 1
Montreal - 1
Suzuka - 0.5*

*Half-points from pasta_maldonado's nomination
**Half-points from Wallio's nomination

Deadbeat teammate of the year
Felipe Massa - 14
Bruno Senna - 10
Paul di Resta - 3
Mark Webber - 2
Narain Karthikeyan - 1

Most improved driver of the year
Nico Hulkenberg - 13
Sergio Perez - 9
Pastor Maldonado - 4
Felipe Massa - 2
Kamui Kobayashi - 1
Bruno Senna - 1
Kimi Raikkonen - 1

Rookie of the year
Charles Pic - 19
Romain Grosjean - 8
Jean-Eric Vergne - 5

Most anonymous driver of the year
Paul di Resta - 6
Bruno Senna - 5
Timo Glock - 4
Jean-Eric Vergne - 4
Nico Rosberg - 3
Daniel Ricciardo - 3
Narain Karthikeyan - 2
Heikki Kovalainen - 2
Vitaly Petrov - 1
Pedro de la Rosa - 1
Michael Schumacher - 1

Crasher of the year
Romain Grosjean - 26.5* ** ***
Pastor Maldonado - 4.5* ** ***
Michael Schumacher - 1

*Half-points from eurobrun's nomination
**Half-points from JeremyMcClean's nomination
***Half-points from AdrianSutil's nomination

Epic fail of the year
The first lap crash @ Spa - 6.5*
McLaren's reliability - 5.5**
Caterham in general - 4
Vitaly Petrov's pre-race engine blowup @ Silverstone - 4
Kimi Raikkonen getting lost @ Interlagos - 3
Pastor Maldonado's last lap crash @ Melbourne - 2
WaffleCat for thinking Jenson Button entering the Red Bull pits in China happened this year - 1
The front runners @ Montreal - 1
Jenson Button @ Monaco - 1
Romain Grosjean @ Suzuka - 1
The F1 Rejects forum users for thinking d'Ambrosio would perform heroics @ Italy - 1
Renault's alternators - 1
Pastor Maldonado punting Hamilton off @ Valencia - 0.5*
Everyone who cast their vote for the F1 awards before the season had finished - 0.5**

*Half-points from JeremyMcClean's nomination
**Half-points from my nomination

Drive of the year
Pastor Maldonado @ Barcelona - 14
Sergio Perez @ Sepang - 5* **
Kamui Kobayashi @ Suzuka - 4
Sebastian Vettel @ Abu Dhabi - 1.5*
Timo Glock @ Singpore - 1
Fernando Alonso @ Valencia - 1
Nico Hulkenberg @ Spa - 1
Nico Hulkenberg @ Interlagos - 1
Lewis Hamilton @ Austin - 1
Sergio Perez @ Monza - 1
Fernando Alonso @ Sepang - 0.5*

*Half-points from pi314159's nomination
**Half-points from RealRacingRoots' nomination


Forum
Member of the year
Nuppiz - 4
mario - 4
dinizintheoven - 2
Everyone - 2
pasta_maldonado - 1
Aerond - 1
Anyone who turned a thread into The F1 Slate - 1
redbulljack14 - 1
tommykl - 1
BaconLettuceNinja - 1

Moderator of the year
Phoenix - 9* ** *** **** ******
mario - 8* ** *** **** *****
All of them - 2
CarlosFerreira - 1
None - 1

*Half-points from pasta_maldonado's nomination
**Half-points from Wizzie's nomination
***Half-points from BaconLettuceNinja's nomination
****Half-points from JeremyMcClean's nomination
*****Half-points from tristan1117's nomination

Thread of the year
Rejected from the word go? - 10
The F1 Memes Thread - 2
You're Winner! Gaming thread - 1.5*
Reject moments that never happened - 1
Forum Facts - 1
2013 Silly Season - 1
Beat Tilke at his own game - 1
F1RWRS 2015 - 0.5*

*Half-points from Shizuka's nomination

Post of the year
Jocke1's initial Alex Wurz conspiracy post - 4
Shadaza - "At this rate, farting in a press conference will lead to a DQ." - 2
dinizintheoven's insane rant - 2
http://f1rejects.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5330&p=194158#p194158 (kostas22) - 2
http://f1rejects.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=159&start=680#p176402 (dinizintheoven) - 1
http://f1rejects.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5188&p=192555#p192555 (dinizintheoven) - 1
kostas' return post - 1
Wizzie's modesty panel post - 1
Anything involving Don Pentecost - 1
BaconLettuceNinja's response to eurobrun getting a girlfriend - 1
Shizuka wrote:
So not only McLaren shoots themselves on foot by making a cartoon instead of solving the car's growing problems, now Hamilton is planning something that currently seems to be useless! - 1
POTATO_IN_MY_TURBO's first post - 1

Signature of the year
Grovey's old one - 2
Waris - 2
WaffleCat - 1
dinizintheoven - 1
eurobrun - 1
DOSBoot - 1
Whoever quoted pasta_maldonado - 1
RRR's YES YES YES etc - 1
JeremyMcClean - 1
Ed24 - 1
pasta_maldonado - 1
james1978 - 1
Aerond - 1
redbulljack14 - 1
dr-baker - 1

Caption of the year
http://f1rejects.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=223&start=4440#p191659 (Cynon) - 9
All of them - 2
SeedStriker - "Felipe, the wave is faster than you." - 2
Everything involving the Jarno Trulli 'power steering' meme - 1

Avatar of the year
eurobrun's I love Grosjean! - 6* **
DanielPT's Nazi Schumacher - 2.5*
AndreaModa's I Believe in Charles Pic - 2.5 **
Klon's #2 for a reason - 2
TMLW's Jason Richards - 1
solarcold's Luca Badoer - 1
WaffleCat's Hesketh - 1

*Half-points come from pasta_maldonado's nomination
**Half-points come from redbulljack14's nomination

Quote of the year
All of the Trulli/Pic puns - 3
"Reject Moments That Actually Never Happened, As Opposed To Those That Did And Which End With 'Oh, Wait!'" by the users of the F1 Rejects forum - dinizintheoven - 2
"I saw Driven at the store recently, I ran away screaming" - 1
"There should be a new line in the terms & conditions when you sign up for the forums: "F1Rejects.com is not responsible for any mental trauma caused by the members of its forums"." - Nuppiz - 1
"Farting in a press conference will lead to a DQ", by Shadaza - 1

Spambot of the year
Beiplewek - 5
The one which resurrected Capricorn 1 - 3
wowman - 2
brervetrerb - 2
The spambot salesbot - 1
The one about health food - 1
The one which copied tommykl's sig - 1
None - 1

Note to everyone, Viresh (the Force India spambot) was last year. Also, Pamphlet may be controversial, but he is not a spambot.

Predicament Prediction of the year
RealRacingRoots @ Singapore - 9
McDuck @ Korea - 4*
Bleu @ India - 1

*Assuming Shizuka meant McDuck at Korea with his nomination


Virtual
Driver of the year
Þorvaldur Einarsson (F1RMGP) - 4
Mark Dagnall (F1RWRS) - 3*
Terry Hawkin (F3RWRS) - 1
Steven Mackintosh (F1RWRS) - 1
Sophie Fabron (Virtual career) - 1
David Neuberg (F1RWRS) - 1
Michael Schumacher (takagi's management game) - 1
Tom Douglas (F1RGP2C) - 1
Alexey Buyvolov (F2RWRS) - 1

*Assuming JeremyMcClean meant Mark Dagnall with his nomination

Team of the year
Viking Racing (F1RMGP) - 3
Jones Racing (F1RWRS) - 1
Dallara (Virtual F1 1989) - 1
Williams (F1RGP2C) - 1
Ligier (rFactor Alt. F1) - 1
McLaren (Virtual F1 1976) - 1
DGNgeneering (F1RWRS) - 1
Williams (takagi's management game) - 1
Scuderia Alitalia (F1RWRS) - 1
MRT (F1RWRS) - 1
Leyton House (F1RWRS) - 1

Series of the year
LifeGP - 3
Tour de France - 2
rFactor Alternate F1 1979 - 2
REECCS - 2
F1RMGP - 2
All of them - 1
Virtual F1 1989 - 1
Any series running GP2 - 1
F1RGP2C - 1
takagi's management game - 1

Reject of the year
MechaGP (F1RWRS) - 2
ARC (F1RWRS) - 2
Mario Andretti (rFactor Alt. F1) - 2
Sunshine-Daihatsu (F1RWRS) - 2
Dean O'Lauchlan (F1RWRS) - 1
Brabham (Virtual F1 1989) - 1
Elio de Angelis (rFactor Alt. F1) - 1
Robert Anderson (F1RGP2C) - 1
Jean-Denis Deletraz (takagi's management game) - 1
Trueba (F1RWRS) - 1

Deadbeat teammate of the year
Nathanael Spencer (F1RWRS) - 2
Sebastian Groves (F1RWRS) - 1
Andrea Acuri (F1RWRS) - 1
Pedro Diniz (GPM2 chairman) - 1
Nathan Scott (F1RWRS) - 1
Mario Andretti (rFactor Alt. F1) - 1
Dave Anderson (F2RWRS) - 1
Mike Stern (F1RoLFS) - 1

Crasher of the year
Reiko Megumi (F1RGP2C) - 3
Mario Andretti (rFactor Alt. F1) - 3
Alberto Cara (F2RWRS) - 2
Tanner Jason (F2RWRS) - 1
Daniel Moreno (F1RGP2C) - 1

Female driver of the year
Sophie Fabron (Virtual career) - 5
Tomo Kazama (F3RWRS) - 3
Vanina Ickx (F1RMGP WEC) - 1
Shinobu Katayama (F1RWRS) - 1
Michelle Mouton (F1RMGP WEC) - 1
Yuki Yoshino (LifeGP) - 1
Victoria Desai (F3RWRS) - 1

Epic fail of the year
Remindergate (F1RWRS) - 2* **
The Katayama-Sunshine debacle - 2
Benoit Voeckler @ the F1RDS Winter Cup - 1
Arrows-BMW (GPM2 Chairman) - 1
The wikkii shutdown - 1
Daniel Moreno failing to qualify @ Melbourne (F1RGP2C) - 1
Scuderia Alitalia (F1RWRS) - 1
Jean-Denis Deletraz (takagi's management game) - 1
Mike Stern @ the penultiamte F1RoLFS 2014 round - 1
Projekt Roter Baron - 0.5*
Alitalia/Jones partnership (F1RWRS) - 0.5**

*Half-points come from pasta_maldonado's nomination
**Half-points come from tristan1117's nomination

Race of the year
F1RMGP 2014 Hungarian GP - 3
F1RGP2C 1997 San Marino GP - 2
Any LifeGP series race - 1
F2RWRS 2014 Turkish GP - 1
F2RWRS 2015 French GP - 1
Virtual F1 1989 Brazilian GP - 1
F1RMGP 24 Hours of Bathurst - 1
F1RWRS 2014 Monaco GP - 1
F2RWRS 2015 French GP - 1

[roblo97]

Virtual
Driver of the year
Michael Schumacher (takagi's management game) - 1**
**Assuming roblomas52 meant this as his nomination

Reject of the year
Jean-Denis Deletraz (takagi's management game) - 1*

*Assuming roblomas52 meant this as his nomination


Epic fail of the year
Jean-Denis Deletraz (takagi's management game) - 1***
***Assuming roblomas52 meant this as his nomination

yes i did mean those as my nomination

[TomWazzleshaw]

...
eurobrun's modesty panel post - 1
...
Whichever was the F2 one where Buyvolov was rather good... - 1
...

First of all, I believe that would be MY post on the modesty panel, thank you very much

Secondly, the race Buyvolov was good at was the 2015 F2RWRS French GP.

[DanielPT]

Time to vote on F1 awards:

Driver of the year: Alonso
Team of the year: HRT (a homage vote)
Reject of the year: Mercedes
Race of the year: Brazil, despite the anti-climatic end.
Worst race of the year: India
Deadbeat teammate of the year: Massa
Most improved driver of the year: Hulkenberg
Rookie of the year: Pic
Most anonymous driver of the year: Vergne (I mean, what did he do all season?)
Crasher of the year: Grosjean
Epic fail of the year: Grosjean first lap crash at Spa
Drive of the year: Maldonado in Spain

[James1978]

Driver of the year: Kimi Raikkonen, if you'd asked me before the season started a Lotus driver would come 3rd, I'd have laughed.
Team of the year: Red Bull
Reject of the year: Mercedes
Race of the year: Valencia - I like to vote for an all-dry race if possible.
Worst race of the year: Korea (It was just plain weird and not in a good way, I found India not quite as bad)
Deadbeat teammate of the year: Given that he was in a championship-challenging position after Silverstone, I'll have to say Mark Webber
Most improved driver of the year: If it's a direct 2012 against 2011 comparison, then Lewis Hamilton. If it's over all time then Hulkenberg. If it's from the start of the season to the end, then Massa.
Rookie of the year: Charles Pic given the limitations of his machinery
Most anonymous driver of the year: Kovalainen
Crasher of the year: Pastor Maldonado
Epic fail of the year: Grosjean getting a race ban, the first one since 1994
Drive of the year: Kobayashi in Japan, but I'm biased.

[SuperAguri]

Driver of the year: Alonso
Team of the year: Sauber
Reject of the year: Mercedes
Race of the year: Brazil
Worst race of the year: India
Deadbeat teammate of the year: Massa
Most improved driver of the year: Hülkenberg
Rookie of the year: Pic
Most anonymous driver of the year: Di Resta
Crasher of the year: Grosjean
Epic fail of the year: Petrov's engine failure before the race
Drive of the year: Kobayashi in Japan

Virtual
Driver of the year : Mark Dagnall (F1RWRS)
Team of the year : Leyton House (F1RMGP)
Series of the year : F1RMGP
Reject of the year : Sunshine-Daihatsu (F1RWRS)
Deadbeat teammate of the year : Nathanael Spencer (F1RWRS)
Crasher of the year : Alberto Cara (F2RWRS)
Female driver of the year : Victoria Desai (F3RWRS)
Epic fail of the year : The Katayama-Sunshine debacl (F1RWRS)
Race of the year : F1RMGP 2014 Hungarian GP

[Shizuka]

Reject of the year : Sunshine-Daihatsu (F1RWRS)
Epic fail of the year : The Katayama-Sunshine debacle (F1RWRS)

That's a bit harsh

[GwilymJJames]

F1 awards
Driver of the year: Vettel
Team of the year: Red Bull
Reject of the year: All 3 New Teams [Feel free to count this as 0.33 of a vote for Caterham, Marussia & HRT]
Race of the year: Abu Dhabi
Worst race of the year: India
Deadbeat teammate of the year: Massa
Most improved driver of the year: Grosjean
Rookie of the year: Vergne.
Most anonymous driver of the year: Petrov
Crasher of the year: Grosjean
Epic fail of the year: The three new teams
Drive of the year: Karthikeyan @ Malaysia

[DanielPT]

Reject of the year : Sunshine-Daihatsu (F1RWRS)
Epic fail of the year : The Katayama-Sunshine debacle (F1RWRS)

That's a bit harsh

Yeah! I sense some grudges coming from SuperAguri!

[MinardiFan95]

F1 awards
Driver of the year: Kimi Raikonnen
Team of the year: Red Bull
Reject of the year: Michael Schumacher
Race of the year: Brazil
Worst race of the year: India
Deadbeat teammate of the year: Di Resta
Most improved driver of the year: Hulkenberg
Rookie of the year: Grosjean
Most anonymous driver of the year: Both Toro Rosso drivers
Crasher of the year: Tie between Grosjean and Maldonado
Epic fail of the year: HRT brake failures
Drive of the year: Tie between Maldonado in Spain and Perez in Sepang

Will post forum and virtual series awards later.

[Copersucar]

F1 Awards
Best Driver: Alonso
Best Team: Sauber
Reject of the year: Mercedes
Best Race: Abu Dhabi
Worst Race: Korea
Deadbeat Team mate: Massa
Most Improved: Hulkenberg
Best Rookie: Grosjean
Most anonymous: Kovalainen
Crasher: Grosjean
Fail of the year: HRT's onboard camera excuse
Drive of the year: Maldonado at Spain

Forum Awards
Member of the year: Everyone
Mod of the year: Mario
Thread of the year: The Don Pentecost Thread
Post of the year: Potato in my turbo
Sig of the year: James1978
Caption of the year: Power Steering
Avatar of the year: I believe in Charles Pic
Quote of the year: It's Trulli obvious which one to Pic for that one.
Spambot of the year: Beiplewek
Don't read the prediction threads much, so no vote there.

[Onxy Wrecked]

Virtual driver of the year: Chris Dagnall
Virtual team of the year: MasterCard Lola
Virtual series/season of the year: IndyCar Rejects
Virtual reject of the year: Clint Hillman, great driver stuck with a car more like a Life W190 and mechanical failures everywhere. Mario Andretti is my second option for crashing in the 1979 F1R Championship
Virtual dead-beat teammate of the year: Thierry Boutsen