Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - 2015 Spain

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 10 May 2015, 13:45

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.

Post your results until May 15.

Post by **Miguel98** » 10 May 2015, 13:46

1. Nico Rosberg - Perfect race.
2. Pastor Maldonado - Great until bad luck hit him again

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 10 May 2015, 13:52

1. Pastor Maldonado - was absolutely flying before race control showed him the black and orange flag which ruined his race.
2. Fernando Alonso - Compare how Alonso ran to how Button fared. A brake failure may have ended his day, but for the first time this season he actually looked like a team leader.

Jan Magnussen · Post by **Rob Dylan** » 10 May 2015, 14:01

1. Rosberg - delivered the performance we were needing from him to keep the championship interesting.
2. Bottas - drove his own race and kept out of trouble, paid off and got him ahead of Raikkonen.

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 10 May 2015, 14:01

1. Maldonado
Can this guy ever get a break?
2. Alonso
He had a good race, until the brakes said no

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 10 May 2015, 14:03

1. Pastor Maldonado
2. Graham Rahal. Yes, you heard me.

Aguaman · Post by **Aguaman** » 10 May 2015, 14:04

1. Romain Grosjean - Gearbox issue, pit stop issue and still managed to get 8th place
2. Nico Rosberg - Domination.

HM: Pastor Maldonado & Fernando Alonso.

Meatwad · Post by **Meatwad** » 10 May 2015, 14:04

1. Maldonado's rear wing solution: Quite imaginative and surprisingly didn't break.
2. Valtteri Bottas: He is starting to become Ferrari's worst fear. He was clearly the best Williams driver this weekend.

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 10 May 2015, 14:15

1. Nico Rosberg - Is he genuinely quick? Or was poor Lewis' car sabotaged? I do hope the fanboys aren't returning :roll:

2. The good Reverend Dr. Maldonado - Not a bad performance until his retirement, considering he was missing a big piece of rear bodywork there.

RedEyes504 · Post by **RedEyes504** » 10 May 2015, 14:43

1. Rosberg - Made it look easy at the front
2. Bottas - Did well to keep Raikkonen behind him at the end

shinji · Post by **shinji** » 10 May 2015, 14:44

1) McLaren and Lotus jackmen
2) Pastor

Jan Magnussen · Post by **Rob Dylan** » 10 May 2015, 15:36

The Telegraph did a basic summary of the race and criticised Maldonado's incident while dismissing his later overtakes, saying he had a poor race. Seems a bit of undue criticism to be honest, like an F1Fanatic article.

SeedStriker · Post by **SeedStriker** » 10 May 2015, 15:49

1)Pastor Maldonado: Spain has been always good for Pastor, and he was having a helluva race until mishaps out of his control put him out.

2)Jackmen: While there were hijinks during some pitstops, McLaren's and Lotus' jackmen deserve a praise for having cool heads in scorching moments.

Honorable mentions to Renault (all of them got home, surprisingly), Carlos Sainz Jr. (save the Spaniards honor) and Manor (more reliability than McLaren got both cars to the flag)

The Clash of the Titans Award goes to Daniel Ricciardo: Muscle pass outta nowhere

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 10 May 2015, 16:26

Rob Dylan wrote:The Telegraph did a basic summary of the race and criticised Maldonado's incident while dismissing his later overtakes, saying he had a poor race. Seems a bit of undue criticism to be honest, like an F1Fanatic article.

What are you doing reading a Tory rag for sports news anyway? Surely they're more interested in the latest water polo scores than Formula 1? Or maybe they get passes to report on the dresses the drivers' girlfriends are wearing?

Zergon · Post by **Zergon** » 10 May 2015, 16:27

No-one didn´t really have an outstanding performance but guess I´d give this one to:

1) Nico Rosberg: Finally he managed to beat Hamilton this year and it was pretty comfortable win too.

2) Lotus: Both drivers looked good there with Grosjean having a nice race despite crashing with his teammate and finished respectable 8th while Maldonado did show good pace before the crash and looked quite quick even after it.

GerhardTalger · Post by **GerhardTalger** » 10 May 2015, 16:59

1. N. Rosberg - Showing he's not just another number two driver
2. F. Alonso - Running pretty strongly until his retirement, could have been close to a point position actually.

eagleash · Post by **eagleash** » 10 May 2015, 17:18

Icemen...

Kimi (1st lap)

& the one with the ice-pack after Alonso's pit-stop. Ouch...

HM. Pastor

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 10 May 2015, 17:26

1. Maldonado's rear wing
2. Sainz

UncreativeUsername37 · Post by **UncreativeUsername37** » 10 May 2015, 18:06

1. Pastor Maldonado
2. Nico Rosberg

Spectoremg · Post by **Spectoremg** » 10 May 2015, 19:53

1. Maldonado's DRS for still working!
2. Lotus jack man for his superb '80's styleee breakdancing and smiling afterwards.

HM: Rosberg - he looked comfortable.

RAK · Post by **RAK** » 10 May 2015, 20:32

1) Nico Rosberg - proved that he hasn't given up and become a complacent second driver.

2) Pastor Maldonado - was kicking arse and taking names before his misfortune.

Peteroli34 · Post by **Peteroli34** » 10 May 2015, 20:44

Nico Rosberg - Showed that if he can keep up performances like the Spanish Grand Prix maybe Hamilton will not have it all his own way this season

Aragones · Post by **Aragones** » 10 May 2015, 21:30

1. Nico Rosberg: Perfect weekend for him. Pole and an easy victory.
2. Carlos Sainz: Excelent qualifying on Saturday. The first part of his race was poor, but he managed to finish strong and score two points.

Francis23 · Post by **Francis23** » 10 May 2015, 22:18

Nico Rosberg- Delivered under pressure, and you could see how much it meant to him

Lotus- Both drivers deserved more, I was impressed with Maldonado especially

More_Blue_Flags · Post by **More_Blue_Flags** » 10 May 2015, 23:34

Plenty of solid performances, but a bit hard to pick out anything really improbable, so I will settle for:

1. Maldonaldo - a bit untidy at times, but there's plenty of fight in Pastor and he deserves a change of luck.
2. Rosberg, I guess. Not that he shouldn't be able to win the occasional race, but I was starting to think that he wasn't going to step out of Lewis' shadow this season.

HM to the Jackmen, in particular the McLaren Jackman fronting up for Button's pit stop straight after the excitement of Alonso's near miss...

Post by **Londoner** » 11 May 2015, 08:49

1. Pastor Maldonado - He was being the hero we all needed in the first stint, until it all went to shite for him again.

2. Slightly left-field choice, but I'm nominating Renault for getting all four cars home yesterday without any more expensive failures.

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 11 May 2015, 09:49

Rosberg for IIDOTR? This is more than enough proof that apparently only Rosberg and his family believe he can fight for the title until the end this year.

Anyway, my nominations go to Renault for a good showing after their low standards this year and to Carlos Sainz Jr for still managing some points after STR went wrong in the race day car setup.

Jan Magnussen · Post by **Rob Dylan** » 11 May 2015, 13:55

Biscione wrote:
Rob Dylan wrote:The Telegraph did a basic summary of the race and criticised Maldonado's incident while dismissing his later overtakes, saying he had a poor race. Seems a bit of undue criticism to be honest, like an F1Fanatic article.

What are you doing reading a Tory rag for sports news anyway? Surely they're more interested in the latest water polo scores than Formula 1? Or maybe they get passes to report on the dresses the drivers' girlfriends are wearing?

I can read what I like. You're not my real mom!

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 12 May 2015, 00:19

1. Maldonado. Looked very lively.

2. Sainz Jr. ToroRosso went derp on race strategy and race pace but still scored two points.

DOSBoot · Post by **DOSBoot** » 12 May 2015, 02:12

1. Maldonado: Actually looked like he might finish in the points with that broken car, which sadly didn't hold up.

2. Jackmen: McLaren man avoiding being hit, and Lotus man taking his hit quite humorously.

Honorable Mentions:

Rosberg: Flawless weekend for him.

Grojean: Got that battered Lotus to 8th place.

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 12 May 2015, 20:47

1. Maldonado
2. Rosberg

watka · Post by **watka** » 14 May 2015, 12:32

1. Rosberg - for dominating the whole weekend when no one said he could. Mark Webber he ain't.

2. Bottas - split the Ferraris.

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 14 May 2015, 14:33

watka wrote:1. Rosberg - for dominating the whole weekend when no one said he could. Mark Webber he ain't.

Well... Webber first victory in 2010 was also in Spain. A grand prix in which he won from pole and by a larger margin than Rosberg. So Webber also dominated on occasion...

UncreativeUsername37 · Post by **UncreativeUsername37** » 14 May 2015, 18:31

DanielPT wrote:
watka wrote:1. Rosberg - for dominating the whole weekend when no one said he could. Mark Webber he ain't.

Well... Webber first victory in 2010 was also in Spain. A grand prix in which he won from pole and by a larger margin than Rosberg. So Webber also dominated on occasion...

I don't think it's 2010 Webber he was concerned with....

watka · Post by **watka** » 14 May 2015, 22:04

Yep, talking more about 2011 Webber.

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 14 May 2015, 23:34

watka wrote:Yep, talking more about 2011 Webber.

UgncreativeUsergname wrote:
DanielPT wrote:
watka wrote:1. Rosberg - for dominating the whole weekend when no one said he could. Mark Webber he ain't.

Well... Webber first victory in 2010 was also in Spain. A grand prix in which he won from pole and by a larger margin than Rosberg. So Webber also dominated on occasion...

I don't think it's 2010 Webber he was concerned with....

Wait! Are you saying that Mark Webber wasn't Mark Webber in 2010? That's confusing! :shock:

Jan Magnussen · Post by **Rob Dylan** » 15 May 2015, 08:45

DanielPT wrote:Wait! Are you saying that Mark Webber wasn't Mark Webber in 2010? That's confusing!

*in the voice of Velma* "Let's take off the mask and find out who the mystery driver really was!"
*gasp* "Nigel Mansell?"

UncreativeUsername37 · Post by **UncreativeUsername37** » 15 May 2015, 19:33

Rob Dylan wrote:
DanielPT wrote:Wait! Are you saying that Mark Webber wasn't Mark Webber in 2010? That's confusing!

*in the voice of Velma* "Let's take off the mask and find out who the mystery driver really was!"
*gasp* "Nigel Mansell?"

I smell another round of fake Wikipedia pages....

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 16 May 2015, 06:02

Rosberg - 134
Maldonado - 124
McLaren and Lotus jackmen/Jackmen/the one with the ice-pack after Alonso's pit-stop - 34
Bottas - 24
Sainz Jr. - 24
Maldonado's rear wing solution - 20
Alonso - 18
Renault - 16
Lotus - 12
Grosjean - 10
Maldonado's DRS - 10
Kimi - 10
Graham Rahal - 6

Okay, Maldonado got 30 extra points because of his rear wing/DRS, and with them, he would get the IIDOTR.
Now what, should I keep the results as is?

Jan Magnussen · Post by **Rob Dylan** » 17 May 2015, 16:47

Shizuka wrote:Rosberg - 134
Maldonado - 124
McLaren and Lotus jackmen/Jackmen/the one with the ice-pack after Alonso's pit-stop - 34
Bottas - 24
Sainz Jr. - 24
Maldonado's rear wing solution - 20
Alonso - 18
Renault - 16
Lotus - 12
Grosjean - 10
Maldonado's DRS - 10
Kimi - 10
Graham Rahal - 6

Okay, Maldonado got 30 extra points because of his rear wing/DRS, and with them, he would get the IIDOTR.
Now what, should I keep the results as is?

Well Maldonado having another decent race is different to the miracle that his car lasted so long. The problem with his race was the damaged rear wing, so I don't think this really made Maldonado's race excellent in itself :roll:

soooooooo nah I'd keep them separate.