Japanese GP IIDOTR 2023

[TomPryce]

There really wasn't anyone. I guess McLaren for not making any errors on the way to 2-3, but...

[sswishbone]

1) Mclaren - didn't finish more than 30 seconds behind Verstappen as predicted

2) Lawson - beat Tsunoda in a straight fight on home territory, will Red Bull regret their announcement?

[Meatwad]

Oscar Piastri: Not really that unexpected, but his first podium deserves a mention.

[Batty]

I don't have any.

Like, I can't think of any at all. Everyone kind of went with expectations or bad.

I don't think there is one for this race.

[IceG]

Nothing unexpected or improbable

[Alextrax52]

Nothing for me as well. McLaren podiums aren’t shocking anymore and everyone else performed more or less how the weekend said they would

[rachel1990]

Sadly it's another nothing.

Shows how poor certain teams and drivers are at the moment.

[pi314159]

No one really exceeded expectations in this race, but there were a few good performances that deserve pointing out.

- Max Verstappen drove another perfect race. Sure, anyone could win the title in this Red Bull, but not everyone would do so in such a dominant fashion.

-Lando Norris was best of the rest once again. But until Max stumbles, that first win continues to elude him

-Oscar Piastri drove a fine race to score his first podium, but he was fifteen seconds behind Lando.

-Liam Lawson matched Tsunoda again and finished just ahead of him. That such a performance no longer exceeds our expectations shows how impressive he has been in his short time in F1.

[James1978]

No real standout candidates here but I guess Oscar's first podium has to be the feel-good event.

[Har1MAS1415]

Oscar Piastri for finally scoring his first podium!

[IceG]

It occurs to me that the IIDOTR is the DBTOTR trophy which is shared between Russell in 7th and Sainz in 6th so both two places behind their team-mates.

Everyone else was two-by-two or had their team-mate retire!

[tommykl]

Piastri stood out for getting that first podium secured and showing good pace throughout, but in most other races there would be more impressive drives. Ultimately everyone did, at best, as well as expected.

Now, ROTR on the other hand...

[Rob Dylan]

The candidates are ready, and the poll is open! You have 48 hours to vote for your infinite improbability drive of the race candidate!

[Row Man Gross-Gene]

Why no Piastri option? He had at least three nominations.

[Londoner]

Apparently we still had to do a vote for IIDOTR despite this race!