based on the assumption that, at any moment in time, there is a non-zero probability that even the slowest, most inexperienced and least reliable of underdogs might win the race. That under every rock, there might be a gold nugget. This is the award for that first podium that we all celebrate, for the overtake no-one was expecting, for Ericsson's first win. This is the award, in short, for the driver or team that makes you go "Woah! Where did THAT come from?!".
Just remember: this is a feel-good award, that will focus on nothing but track action. Usual rules: everyone gets two votes. First vote is worth 10 points, the second 6.
1. McLaren - Both cars running inside the points until one of them inevitably retired. Button still managed to keep going to 8th though. 2. Sergio Pérez - We didn't see an awful lot of him today, but there's no way that Force India should have been running that high.
1. Daniil Kvyat: Finally had a brilliant performance after a weak start to the season. 2. Sergio Pérez: After the last few races, no one expected this.
Honorable mentions: Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso
1. Sergio Perez - It's like he and Hulkenberg have switched roles. Suddenly, Checo is the one flying under the radar and collecting valuable points
2. Jenson Button - Finally gets onto the scoreboard with a decent drive today.
Honourable mentions to Daniil Kvyat and Fernando Alonso
Fetzie on Ferrari wrote:How does a driver hurtling around a race track while they're sous-viding in their overalls have a better understanding of the race than a team of strategy engineers in an air-conditioned room?l
1. Max Verstappen - Doing great until the pitstop issue, utilised the blue flag cleverly, until Grosjean became a @#$%^&*(. 2. (Tied) - Sebastien Vettel and Jenson Button - While Vettel showed he can hold someone in an old tire, Button conserved the McLaren-Honda to a good 8th finish
Rio Haryanto for the win! He upon seeing me accidentaly paint Belgian flag rotated 90 deg to right tommykl returns from the bathroom tommykl reads the chat logs tommykl has a stroke
1. Splitting between Perez and Kvyat They were the two main stars of the race: Kvyat for unrejectification and Perez for scoring a 7th on merit after getting to Q3. 2. Button This guy scored points. In a McLaren.
1) Sergio Perez: Did pretty much the maximum performance today and was quite comfortably the 7th fastest guy during the race, not bad with Force India.
2) Felipe Nasr: Qualified 16th and started 14th so getting all the way up to 9th with car that looked to be second worst in qualifying is quite nice achiement from a rookie. Yes, he did get help from other drivers misfortune but isn´t that almost always the case in Monaco.
Max Verstappen. HE'S 17! And was a man pocessed. When I was 17 I thought I was bada$$ running my dad's GTO on Friday nights. Max was blitzing through Monte Carlo and was the best man on track til Roman took him out.
Professional Historian/Retired Drag Racer/Whiskey Enthusiast
"He makes the move on the outside, and knowing George as we do, he's probably on the radio right now telling the team how great he is." - James Hinchcliffe on George Russell
Wallio wrote:Max Verstappen. HE'S 17! And was a man pocessed. When I was 17 I thought I was bada$$ running my dad's GTO on Friday nights. Max was blitzing through Monte Carlo and was the best man on track til Roman took him out.
I don't see why Grosjean would take Verstappen out - I mean, if that was his intention, he screwed himself as much as Verstappen, and it would be damn near impossible to judge such a brake test so he wouldn't be screwed over.
Sebastian Vettel wrote:If I was good at losing I wouldn't be in Formula 1.
I'm not saying it was illegal, it's not, you get one move. And Roman used it, but with how bad his brakes and tyres were, and with Max setting the sec fastest lap of the race then, he should have known making his one move at the only overtaking point was going to end that way.
Not illegal at all, but not smart at all.
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"He makes the move on the outside, and knowing George as we do, he's probably on the radio right now telling the team how great he is." - James Hinchcliffe on George Russell
Wallio wrote:Max Verstappen. HE'S 17! And was a man pocessed. When I was 17 I thought I was bada$$ running my dad's GTO on Friday nights. Max was blitzing through Monte Carlo and was the best man on track til Roman took him out.
I don't see why Grosjean would take Verstappen out - I mean, if that was his intention, he screwed himself as much as Verstappen, and it would be damn near impossible to judge such a brake test so he wouldn't be screwed over.
He was pretty early on the brakes though. Still, Max should have noticed that, he was a little overagressive and youthful there.
AxelP800 wrote:1. Max Verstappen - Doing great until the pitstop issue, utilised the blue flag cleverly, until Grosjean became a @#$%^&*(.
Yeah, because let's just ignore the fact that even if Grosjean intentionally brake-checked him, it killed any hope of points he had...
Salamander wrote:
Wallio wrote:Max Verstappen. HE'S 17! And was a man pocessed. When I was 17 I thought I was bada$$ running my dad's GTO on Friday nights. Max was blitzing through Monte Carlo and was the best man on track til Roman took him out.
I don't see why Grosjean would take Verstappen out - I mean, if that was his intention, he screwed himself as much as Verstappen, and it would be damn near impossible to judge such a brake test so he wouldn't be screwed over.
I still don't believe someone like you actually become a moderator, even at the lower level. I have a feeling this forum hates Verstappen. Okay let's bathplug off. I won't reply any messages
Rio Haryanto for the win! He upon seeing me accidentaly paint Belgian flag rotated 90 deg to right tommykl returns from the bathroom tommykl reads the chat logs tommykl has a stroke
Wallio wrote:I'm not saying it was illegal, it's not, you get one move. And Roman used it, but with how bad his brakes and tyres were, and with Max setting the sec fastest lap of the race then, he should have known making his one move at the only overtaking point was going to end that way.
Not illegal at all, but not smart at all.
At the same time though, Grosjean wasn't moving around in the braking zone, it was Verstappen who was moving around, and didn't give himself enough room. Even then, it was clear Grosjean wasn't falling for his dummy, and I doubt Verstappen could've made the move work even if Grosjean braked a bit later.
AxelP800 wrote: I still don't believe someone like you actually become a moderator, even at the lower level. I have a feeling this forum hates Verstappen. Okay let's bathplug off. I won't reply any messages
Wallio wrote:I'm not saying it was illegal, it's not, you get one move. And Roman used it, but with how bad his brakes and tyres were, and with Max setting the sec fastest lap of the race then, he should have known making his one move at the only overtaking point was going to end that way.
Not illegal at all, but not smart at all.
At the same time though, Grosjean wasn't moving around in the braking zone, it was Verstappen who was moving around, and didn't give himself enough room. Even then, it was clear Grosjean wasn't falling for his dummy, and I doubt Verstappen could've made the move work even if Grosjean braked a bit later.
AxelP800 wrote: I still don't believe someone like you actually become a moderator, even at the lower level. I have a feeling this forum hates Verstappen. Okay let's bathplug off. I won't reply any messages
He altered his line slightly (totally legal) David Hobbs called it a "juke". I wouldn't go that far. He defended, nothing wrong with that, but he had to know how it was going to end.
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"He makes the move on the outside, and knowing George as we do, he's probably on the radio right now telling the team how great he is." - James Hinchcliffe on George Russell
1. Jenson Button: He finally did it! McLaren showed a somehow consistent pace during the weekend and he managed to bring 4 points and a breath of fresh air for the McLaren-Honda partnership home. 2. Daniel Kwyat: The first driver unrejectification since Spain 2014 and the first good performance for Red Bull this year. It looked like Red Bull and Williams had switched cars. 3. Max Verstappen: I'm starting to change my mind on him. The guy definitely has some talent to show. 4. Sergio Perez: First decent performance of the year.
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Londoner wrote:Something I've thought about - what happens to our canon should we have a worldwide recession or some other outside event?
Wallio wrote:I'm not saying it was illegal, it's not, you get one move. And Roman used it, but with how bad his brakes and tyres were, and with Max setting the sec fastest lap of the race then, he should have known making his one move at the only overtaking point was going to end that way.
Not illegal at all, but not smart at all.
At the same time though, Grosjean wasn't moving around in the braking zone, it was Verstappen who was moving around, and didn't give himself enough room. Even then, it was clear Grosjean wasn't falling for his dummy, and I doubt Verstappen could've made the move work even if Grosjean braked a bit later.
AxelP800 wrote: I still don't believe someone like you actually become a moderator, even at the lower level. I have a feeling this forum hates Verstappen. Okay let's bathplug off. I won't reply any messages
He altered his line slightly (totally legal) David Hobbs called it a "juke". I wouldn't go that far. He defended, nothing wrong with that, but he had to know how it was going to end.
Juke is a term that I never thought I would hear outside of a League of Legends broadcast.
But I thought Grosjean braked a bit early, too. It seemed like Verstappen could actually take turn 1 deeper than Grosjean could anyway and was caught out by Grosjean's lack of braking... because that's what it looked like to me... and that's what Verstappen himself said.
1. Kvyat - always like to vote for unrejectification, I actually thought he'd struggle to do it this year given Renault's form and him having only scored 9ths and 10ths up till today.
2. Perez.
"Poor old Warwick takes it from behind all throughout this season". (Tony Jardine, 1988)
Check out the position of the sun on 2 August at 20:08 in my garden
Allard Kalff in 1994 wrote:OH!! Schumacher in the wall! Right in front of us, Michael Schumacher is in the wall! He's hit the pitwall, he c... Ah, it's Jos Verstappen.
Mclaren Much more competative at Monaco maybe helped by the fact that the Engine disadvantage doesnt cost has much at Monaco
Perez 7th in a Force India
Some Honourable mentions to Sainz Pitlane to Points. Verstappen Impressive opportunistic passes looked quick let down by poor pit stop and that crash. Nasr Despite not seeing him all race managed to finish in the points
1. The man who made the blunder for stirring the regularly-heated pot that is the TITANIC RIVALRY BETWEEN ROSBERG AND HAMILTON. 2. Kvyat for proving me wrong
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.
I still don't believe someone like you actually become a moderator, even at the lower level. I have a feeling this forum hates Verstappen. Okay let's bathplug off. I won't reply any messages
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