Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race - 2015 Malaysia

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 29 Mar 2015, 08:44

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 April 3.

My picks:
1. Vettel
2. Merhi

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 29 Mar 2015, 08:47

1. Vettel
2. Verstappen

Post by **Londoner** » 29 Mar 2015, 08:49

1. Ferrari - Not only did Vettel have a perfect race, but Kimi drove all the way from the back of the field to 4th after that puncture. They're back.

2. Roberto Merhi - Yeah boy!

Post by **Miguel98** » 29 Mar 2015, 08:49

1. Sebastian Vettel
2. Max Verstapen

AxelP800 · Post by **AxelP800** » 29 Mar 2015, 08:50

1. SEBASTIEN VETTEL
2. MAX VERSTAPPEN

Yesyesyesyesssyesssss!!!!!

Cynon · Post by **Cynon** » 29 Mar 2015, 08:50

1. Vettel
2. Verstappen

The cream of the crop rose to the occasion......

Dom_Wings · Post by **Dom_Wings** » 29 Mar 2015, 08:52

1. Sebastian Vettel
2. Max Verstappen

Honorable mention: Kimi (came back from way down and finished a creditable fourth, albeit quite some time behind the podium)

Pointrox · Post by **Pointrox** » 29 Mar 2015, 09:00

Vettel - It's been a long time since we saw a Ferrari crossing the finish line first, and I never thought I would enjoy this sight as much as I do now

STR - pulled off some good moves, finished ahead of seasoned RBR drivers. Enough said.

Honourable Mention goes to Merhi and Manor in general. They have finished the race! Doesn't matter that it was their only car on the field, and they were well off the pace. The grit and prowess is there, and these values mean a lot in our "bustling community of largely like-minded failure-aficionados"

Post by **tommykl** » 29 Mar 2015, 09:03

1. Scuderia Ferrari - 1st and 4th!
2. Roberto Merhi - Finished the race, and was classified, too!

Peteroli34 · Post by **Peteroli34** » 29 Mar 2015, 09:05

1. Sebastian Vettel - Beat the Mercedes on pace
2.Max Verstappen - Showed Maturity well beyond his age made several good passes against more experience drivers

Honourable mention Kimi Raikkonen - Finishing 4th despite having to to do a lap with a puncture and proves that pitstops should be set by lap but when you catch a Force India

sw3ishida · Post by **sw3ishida** » 29 Mar 2015, 09:07

1. Sebastian Vettel- Rosberg issued a challenge in Melbourne, Ferrari answered "Challenge accepted!" And man did they deliver

2. Max Verstappen- Got into some real battles and presented himself well by coming out on top

Post by **mario** » 29 Mar 2015, 09:08

I'm perhaps going to go a little against the current here:
1. Verstappen - withstood considerable pressure at times with considerably maturity, managed to have a clean race when several other much more experienced drivers lost their heads and managed to pull off some quite nice passes too (I imagine that the parent team must have been pretty glum when they were passed by both Toro Rosso's).
2. Raikkonen - whilst Vettel's performance out front has caught attention, I actually think that Kimi did the better job in recovering his position given that he had to work his way back through the field, especially considering that Kimi's car would probably have suffered from a damaged floor and bodywork when the tyre carcass tore apart.

Waris · Post by **Waris** » 29 Mar 2015, 09:09

I would like to nominate
1. Ferrari in general; and
2. Räikkönen in particular

Meatwad · Post by **Meatwad** » 29 Mar 2015, 09:13

1. Sebastian Vettel: Beat both Hamilton and Rosberg on merit. Well done!
2. Kimi Räikkönen: Amazing recovery.

Zergon · Post by **Zergon** » 29 Mar 2015, 09:16

1) Ferrari: Not only did Vettel beat both Mercedes guys but Räikkönen also had a great race rising to 4th after awful start.

2) Toro Rosso: About maximum performance from them, beating Red Bull and anyone else that doesn´t drive with top three teams. Not bad from two rookies!

Jan Magnussen · Post by **Rob Dylan** » 29 Mar 2015, 09:18

1. Ferrari
2. Button's delighted surprise at catching another car

Tank · Post by **Tank** » 29 Mar 2015, 09:21

1) Vettel - not his biggest fan, but he wiped the floor with an over-confident Mercedes team. Good job.
2) Raikkonen - unlucky, but blimey, what a recovery! Imagine what he could have done without the first lap issues.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 29 Mar 2015, 09:33

1. Ferrari
2. Toro Rosso

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 29 Mar 2015, 09:34

1. Scuderia Ferrari - Let's hope this becomes a trend this season. We could have an interesting championship battle.
2. Marussia Manor F1 Team - Welcome back

went · Post by **went** » 29 Mar 2015, 09:46

1 - Toro Rosso: For finishing ahead of the RBRs. Verstappen became the youngest driver to score and Sainz recovered 7 places in his recond race, which is damn impressive.
2 - Merhi: Well done boy. You made this old forum proud.

More_Blue_Flags · Post by **More_Blue_Flags** » 29 Mar 2015, 10:20

1. Kimi - although a little bit of this might me paying penance for spending the last year or so as a hardbitten Kimi skeptic convinced that he had all but given up.

2.Verstappen - Sainz put in a good, solid performance as well (and they both did well to leave the Red Bull's behind), but I was pretty impressed with some of his bold passes.

HM to Seb, and I was pretty impressed with the fact that Bottas and Massa were still racing each other a lap or two from the end.

James1978 · Post by **James1978** » 29 Mar 2015, 10:48

1. Ferrari (yes that includes Kimi as well getting to P4 from all his delays). Bet Alonso is as sick as a parrot.

2. Joint between Max Verstappen and Toro Rosso as a whole (as both cars beat both Red Bulls).

Aguaman · Post by **Aguaman** » 29 Mar 2015, 11:56

1. Max Verstappen
2. James Faulkner Sebastian Vettel

tBone · Post by **tBone** » 29 Mar 2015, 12:01

1. Max Verstappen. Finally the Dutch have a right of being chauvinistic in F1 again!
2. Sebastian Vettel. I didn't expect him to be this strong this season. Very nice win by him.

HM: Raikkonen for making it to 4th after lots of bad luck, Toro Rosso in general for finishing with both cars ahead of RBR and Merhi for finishing.

SeedStriker · Post by **SeedStriker** » 29 Mar 2015, 13:27

1)Ferrari: It only took Arribavene 2 races to put the team back into buisness. Seb and Kimi showed that they can battle the Mercs all year without sweating. It's the return of Il Cavallino Rampante.

2)Toro Rosso: The junior Red Bull team just teach their seniors a lesson in quality.

Honorable mentions to Roberto Mehri (got to the flag and have more KMs than Fernando Alonso

) and Max Verstappen (the kid drives like a seasoned pro)

The Clash of the Titans Award goes to Max Verstappen: Old school muscle pass without DRS did by a rookie is something to celebrate

Warren Hughes · Post by **Warren Hughes** » 29 Mar 2015, 13:41

1. VETTEL - 'this is a feelgood award'; Vettel made me feel good today (not in that way :oops:

) and I never thought I'd be saying that
2. Verstappen - who'd have thought it, the boy belongs here

eagleash · Post by **eagleash** » 29 Mar 2015, 14:46

Ferrari..

Manor...got there, got in the race, got a finish

RAK · Post by **RAK** » 29 Mar 2015, 14:57

1) Sebastian Vettel: Putting the fight to the Mercedes and winning on sheer pace.

2) Roberto Merhi: He actually finished in a race where both McLarens failed to.

Honourable Mentions: Kimi Raikkonen - managed to battle his way back through the field despite several misfortunes; Scuderia Toro Rosso: Both of their (rookie) drivers beat the drivers of their parent team fairly.

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 29 Mar 2015, 15:04

Sebastian Vettel - Fantastic drive Seb, well done!
Max Verstappen - No explanation necessary

Kimi Raikkonen gets an honourable mention, The Iceman is back

AdrianBelmonte_ · Post by **AdrianBelmonte_** » 29 Mar 2015, 15:10

1. Max Verstappen
2. tie between Roberto Merhi and Kimi Raikkonen

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 29 Mar 2015, 15:13

1. Vettel - didn't see him getting the win today. Great drive.
2. Verstappen - defied his age with a very solid drive to some decent points and top Red bull driver.

Post by **Nuppiz** » 29 Mar 2015, 15:24

1. Räikkönen. As impressive as Vettel's win was, you have to remember that the other Ferrari had to drive around on three wheel for almost an entire lap and still finished 4th. Also, makes everyone who said last year that Kimi is way past it look like a fool.

2. Toro Rosso. Beat the "mother" team on merit wiith two rookies.

Spectoremg · Post by **Spectoremg** » 29 Mar 2015, 15:38

1. Ferrari - they really had their act together. Vettel reminded me of another German guy in a red car who could deliver when the chips were down.
2. Kimi. Good effort.
Honourable mention: Toto Wolff for being genuinely cheerful post race.

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 29 Mar 2015, 15:42

Going with the consensus here for these nominations:

1) Sebastien Vettel - Seb proved that given the right conditions he can extract the most out of the Ferrari and challenge the Mercs for the win. Phenomenal drive today, only question that remains is whether or not Ferrari can come out and challenge Mercedes every weekend.

2) Max Verstappen - There is no way you could tell this guy is just 17 years of age. Beautiful drive.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 29 Mar 2015, 16:15

1. Merhi
2. Kimi

Both pretty much for the reasons everybody else have already given.

Bleu · Post by **Bleu** » 29 Mar 2015, 16:53

1. Sebastian Vettel - Didn't believe he would win second race of the season and even less that he would do so fair and square. Not because his abilities but because of Ferrari.

2. Toro Rosso - Two Toro Rossos ahead of two Red Bulls. That's enough.

Francis23 · Post by **Francis23** » 29 Mar 2015, 17:05

Going to go with the flow here:

1.Sebastian Vettel- The first time since Brazil 2013 (Vettel won that too) that the Mercs were beaten fair and square, fantastic drive.

2.Kimi Raikkonen- Fantastic recovery, if not for the puncture we might have seen a Ferrari 1-2, I think both drivers silenced a lot of their 2014 critics today.

Honourable mentions to Manor, Max Verstappen, and Williams for the late battle between Massa and Bottas

watka · Post by **watka** » 29 Mar 2015, 17:11

1. Ferrari - not only was Vettel's win controlled and convincing, Raikkonen hauled his way up to 4th despite his troubles, showing that Ferrari didn't just out-think Mercedes but out-raced them too.

2. Verstappen - a 7th place finish as a rookie is good in anyone's books. 17 years old and can overtake sensibly too.

Aragones · Post by **Aragones** » 29 Mar 2015, 18:27

1.- Sebastian Vettel:I'm not a big fan of him, but I have to recognize that he took a brilliant win.

2.- Roberto Merhi: He was able to finish the race, and that's a big improvement over the last GP.

Honorable mention: Toro Rosso. Ahead of the Red Bulls.

CoopsII · Post by **CoopsII** » 29 Mar 2015, 19:44

Vettel, and I'm sure he enjoyed his 'Multi 5 - 3 - 26' :lol:

Nah, nothing else, that was the story of the day for me.