Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - 2013 Canada

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 09 Jun 2013, 19:35

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 Charles Pic'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 14th.

Alextrax52 · Post by **Alextrax52** » 09 Jun 2013, 19:38

1 Jean Eric Vergne (First top 6 for Torro Rosso since the Vettel era and he's taken the First step towards unrejectification)
2 Fernando Alonso (Honestly i didn't see that coming. I thought Hamilton would have stayed 2nd)

tkcom · Post by **tkcom** » 09 Jun 2013, 19:40

Vergne
Quietly into P6 and one step towards unrejectifying.

Sutil
A spin, broken rear wing, a drive through and somehow ended up in the point.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 09 Jun 2013, 19:43

Kimi-ICE wrote:2 Fernando Alonso (Honestly i didn't see that coming. I thought Hamilton would have stayed 2nd)

Yes, because Alonso on the podium is a huge surprise. You don't see that very often these days. :roll:

1. Paul di Resta - 57 laps on one set of tyres. Did Force India smuggle a set of Bridgestones into Montreal or something?
2. Jean-Eric Vergne - Very solid drive in general. Did his career no end of good today.

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 09 Jun 2013, 19:49

1. Vergne
2. Sutil / Di Resta split

DOSBoot · Post by **DOSBoot** » 09 Jun 2013, 19:53

1. Vernge: 6th in a Torro Rosso!

2. Di Resta: 17th to 7th! Nuff said!

Alextrax52 · Post by **Alextrax52** » 09 Jun 2013, 19:53

BlindCaveSalamander wrote:
Kimi-ICE wrote:2 Fernando Alonso (Honestly i didn't see that coming. I thought Hamilton would have stayed 2nd)

Yes, because Alonso on the podium is a huge surprise. You don't see that very often these days.

1. Paul di Resta - 57 laps on one set of tyres. Did Force India smuggle a set of Bridgestones into Montreal or something?
2. Jean-Eric Vergne - Very solid drive in general. Did his career no end of good today.

Considering that Vettel and Hamilton were unchanged for the entire race i thought Alonso wouldn't do it

Dj_bereta · Post by **Dj_bereta** » 09 Jun 2013, 19:55

1 - Vergne
2 - Di Resta

Dan B · Post by **Dan B** » 09 Jun 2013, 19:56

1: Force India
2: Vergne

rachel1990 · Post by **rachel1990** » 09 Jun 2013, 19:56

1st Di resta- Good result AGAIN!
2nd Vergne - another good race

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 09 Jun 2013, 20:08

Kimi-ICE wrote:Considering that Vettel and Hamilton were unchanged for the entire race i thought Alonso wouldn't do it

And a double world champion and the best driver on the grid managing that is more surprising than di Resta going 57 laps on a set of tyres?

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 09 Jun 2013, 20:08

1) Di Resta
2) Vergne

The Dutch Bear · Post by **The Dutch Bear** » 09 Jun 2013, 20:15

1) Di Resta
2) Vergne

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 09 Jun 2013, 20:15

1.5) Di Resta
1.5) Vergne

Give them 8 points each from me.

Meatwad · Post by **Meatwad** » 09 Jun 2013, 20:20

1. Jean-Éric Vergne: Best race result for STR since Brazil 2008 (by none other than Vettel).
2. (shared, 3 points for each) Paul di Resta: Doing such a long stint on one set of tires was very impressive. His recent races have been very good so I think he should get a new nickname: TDFKAGOM (The Driver Formerly Known as "Glass of Milk").
Valtteri Bottas: Yes, he was nowhere in the race but he still deserves some points for qualifying third in that crap car. Admittedly, it was good in the wet but one can't really praise a car which is barely faster than Caterham and Marussia.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 09 Jun 2013, 20:23

Meatwad wrote:His recent races have been very good so I think he should get a new nickname: TDFKAGOM (The Driver Formerly Known as "Glass of Milk").

He picked up the Glass of Milk moniker for his extreme lack of charisma, not for his driver ability. Which led to this.

Post by **mario** » 09 Jun 2013, 20:32

1. Vergne - came under quite a bit of pressure in the opening laps, but managed to keep up his pace and ended up with a quiet, but very solid, 6th place. He'd shown promising pace during the practise sessions, but really delivered on it in the race to take some very well deserved points.
2. Di Resta - credit where it is due, managing to preserve the tyres for that many laps and work your way up into 7th from 17th on pace (since there was very little attrition) deserves to be brought up. I didn't expect his strategy to be that effective, but to give him his dues it worked surprisingly well.

SeedStriker · Post by **SeedStriker** » 09 Jun 2013, 20:37

1.-Jean-Eric Vergne, for a clean race without incidents and points that count in the internal struggle of the Toros
2.-Paul di Resta, back from the bottom, lasting tires that fade with others.

Honorable mentions to Valteri Bottas, for making the Williams reach Q3 and 3rd on the grid, and the duel between Alonso and Hamilton that made up for a dull race.

The Clash of the Titans Award goes to Felipe Massa, as he outbrake Raikkonen on fading tires. Not bad for a man that destroyed three chassis in two straight weekends

Barbazza · Post by **Barbazza** » 09 Jun 2013, 20:48

1) Di Resta - Amazed that he managed that long on one set of tyres
2) Vergne - Yet again, proof that my Fantasy F1 ability is abysmal. 2 races in the points since I sold him just before Monaco. And brought Hulkenberg in...

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 09 Jun 2013, 21:06

1. Vergne - brilliant qualifying and brilliant race while his team-mate struggled
2. Force India - great tyre management for di Resta, Sutil drove well with damaged car before forgetting what blue flag means.

Svenko Wankerov · Post by **Svenko Wankerov** » 09 Jun 2013, 21:22

JEV for getting the result on pace alone and not throwing his team under the bus.

Post by **Ataxia** » 09 Jun 2013, 21:48

1. Jean-Eric Vergne - His best result, and a step towards unrejectification. A really confident and assured drive.
2. Paul Di Resta - Had a really poor qualifying, and although according to him his team got it wrong on Saturday, they got it oh-so-right in the race. Di Resta made it work too.

QuickYoda41 · Post by **QuickYoda41** » 09 Jun 2013, 21:49

1. Di Resta
2. Vergne

James1978 · Post by **James1978** » 09 Jun 2013, 21:52

1. Vergne
2. Di Resta

Honourable mention to Bottas for qualifying, same about the race.

Post by **kevinbotz** » 09 Jun 2013, 22:27

1. Paul di Resta. I still can't get over how he managed 57 laps on a single stint.
2. Jean-Eric Vergne. Solid drive to net 6th.

takagi_for_the_win · Post by **takagi_for_the_win** » 09 Jun 2013, 22:33

1. Jean-Eric Vergne
2. Paul di Resta

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 09 Jun 2013, 22:33

1. Vergne
2. Alonso

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 09 Jun 2013, 22:47

Who do I hate more, Vergne or di Resta?

1. Vergne
2. Di Resta

(Worst race for IIDOTR ever...)

CaptainGetz12 · Post by **CaptainGetz12** » 09 Jun 2013, 23:17

Im putting Paul Di Resta for drive of the race: Somehow getting medium tires to go for 57 laps was quite an impressive feat, and getting from Q1 positions up to points well well deserved.

Im not sure why Vergne is getting such attention from this race though. He did not show up at all throughtout the race here in North America (even the commentators were asking where he was). So he gained 2 places by being in no-mans-land, I don't really know why is that considered better than going from the back up towards the top like Di Resta and Grosjean (almost) did.

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 09 Jun 2013, 23:21

James1978 wrote:1. Vergne
2. Di Resta

Honourable mention to Bottas for qualifying, same about the race.

Post by **Ataxia** » 09 Jun 2013, 23:27

CaptainGetz12 wrote:Im putting Paul Di Resta for drive of the race: Somehow getting medium tires to go for 57 laps was quite an impressive feat, and getting from Q1 positions up to points well well deserved.

Im not sure why Vergne is getting such attention from this race though. He did not show up at all throughtout the race here in North America (even the commentators were asking where he was). So he gained 2 places by being in no-mans-land, I don't really know why is that considered better than going from the back up towards the top like Di Resta and Grosjean (almost) did.

I'll make a case for JEV, if I may.

Last year, if you estimated Vergne would drop out in the first part of qualifying...you'd be right 9 times out of 10. However, he put together the package this weekend; he doubled up his racepace with a brilliant qualifying and barely put a foot wrong. I think he did an excellent job; just because he wasn't making an obvious impression didn't mean he didn't do an outstanding job. Plus, he definitely put his highly-rated teammate in the shade...which is a bonus, I guess. 6th place for a Toro Rosso driver in this day and age is a pretty good result.

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 09 Jun 2013, 23:29

Just think, with the pre-2003 points system, the whole F1 world would have gone insane

CaptainGetz12 · Post by **CaptainGetz12** » 09 Jun 2013, 23:33

Ataxia wrote:
CaptainGetz12 wrote:Im putting Paul Di Resta for drive of the race: Somehow getting medium tires to go for 57 laps was quite an impressive feat, and getting from Q1 positions up to points well well deserved.

Im not sure why Vergne is getting such attention from this race though. He did not show up at all throughtout the race here in North America (even the commentators were asking where he was). So he gained 2 places by being in no-mans-land, I don't really know why is that considered better than going from the back up towards the top like Di Resta and Grosjean (almost) did.

I'll make a case for JEV, if I may.

Last year, if you estimated Vergne would drop out in the first part of qualifying...you'd be right 9 times out of 10. However, he put together the package this weekend; he doubled up his racepace with a brilliant qualifying and barely put a foot wrong. I think he did an excellent job; just because he wasn't making an obvious impression didn't mean he didn't do an outstanding job. Plus, he definitely put his highly-rated teammate in the shade...which is a bonus, I guess. 6th place for a Toro Rosso driver in this day and age is a pretty good result.

Well I agree with the fact that Toro Rosso has gotten better, being the 2nd best of the midfielders at this point (unless we're counting Mclaren is midfield now as well).

I guess many events happen away from the cameras that help drivers ascend up. Hell, you can say that about most reject drivers here when they were still racing in F1, and in this season, Raikkonen has gotten a lot of his points from under the radar come to think of it.

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 09 Jun 2013, 23:37

CaptainGetz12 wrote:Im putting Paul Di Resta for drive of the race: Somehow getting medium tires to go for 57 laps was quite an impressive feat, and getting from Q1 positions up to points well well deserved.

Im not sure why Vergne is getting such attention from this race though. He did not show up at all throughtout the race here in North America (even the commentators were asking where he was). So he gained 2 places by being in no-mans-land, I don't really know why is that considered better than going from the back up towards the top like Di Resta and Grosjean (almost) did.

He was the same in Monaco, completely anonymous and only finished eighth because of Raikkonen and Perez (Vergne made 1 pass all race, on Di Resta for 9th just before the red flag, and lost the spot a lap later anyway). Here, though, he showed much better pace, managed to make his tyres last, and took a well deserved 6th place (as much as it annoys me). That, added to Ricciardo's struggles, makes his race, and his entire weekend really, absolutely stunning.

go_Rubens · Post by **go_Rubens** » 09 Jun 2013, 23:59

1. Vergne. He should crush this award hands down.

2. Sutil. Messy race, but ended up in the points.

WaffleCat · Post by **WaffleCat** » 10 Jun 2013, 00:26

1.--Bottas:No matter how far he dropped in the race,that quali performance and some great defensive driving left my mouth agape.

2.--Vergne: ONE STEP TO UNREJECTIFICATION!

AustralianStig · Post by **AustralianStig** » 10 Jun 2013, 01:27

JEV, as much as I'm pained to admit it he out-drove Daniel in every part of the weekend, and 6th in a Toro Rosso is no mean feat.

UncreativeUsername37 · Post by **UncreativeUsername37** » 10 Jun 2013, 03:41

1. Vergne, sixth in a Toro Rosso
2. Uhhh, di Resta? Sure.

CoopsII · Post by **CoopsII** » 10 Jun 2013, 05:47

JEV
Bianchi

Post by **Nuppiz** » 10 Jun 2013, 07:35

1. Force India: di Resta from 17th to 7th with a mega-long stint on tyres that usually fall apart within minutes. Sutil also on points despite an early spin, rear wing damage courtesy of Maldolan and a DTP.
2. Jean-Eric Vergne: Great qualifying and a clean race to take one step towards unrejectification. Miles ahead of his hapless team mate.