IIDOTR - Abby Dabby 2021 (POLL)

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Pick your Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race!

Poll ended at 17 Dec 2021, 12:15

Carlos Sainz Jr.
3
12%
Lewis Hamilton
0
No votes
Sergio Pérez
5
20%
Yuki Tsunoda
17
68%
 
Total votes: 25

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Post by Londoner »

1. Yuki Tsunoda. Unrejectification in style!

2. Sergio Perez. The best two laps of defensive driving since Alonso at Hungary.
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Michael Masi / Race Control

Decision making was absurd, but "NO MICHAEL IS NOT RIGHT!" was possibly my favourite moment in the season, and it wouldn't have been possible without Masi. Who has likely sacrificed his job for my entertainment.
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Post by Klon »

Enforcer wrote:Michael Masi / Race Control

Decision making was absurd, but "NO MICHAEL IS NOT RIGHT!" was possibly my favourite moment in the season, and it wouldn't have been possible without Masi. Who has likely sacrificed his job for my entertainment.


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1. Yuki Tsunoda. Comes good at the start and at the end of the season. Pity about the middle.

2. Lewis Hamilton. Pure dignity. To lose the title that way must have been horrific and yet he had nothing but kind words. I highly doubt the red bull camp would have done anything like that.
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  1. Carlos Sainz, someone needs to recognise his efforts, especially since his podium has moved him ahead of Ferrari's current golden boy.
  2. Sergio Perez, for a godlike defensive drive.
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(1) Sergio Perez for providing possibly the only real action in an otherwise terminally tedious race at a tedious track at the end of a tediously overlong season.
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Post by RAK »

1) Yuki Tsunoda: Excellent result to unrejectify himself.

2) Carlos Sainz Jr.: A quiet, but accomplished podium behind the mess at the front.

Honourable Mention: Sergio Perez - sacrificed his race in one of the most selfless shows of teamwork I've seen, cleanly defending against Hamilton.
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rachel1990 wrote:Lewis Hamilton. Pure dignity. To lose the title that way must have been horrific and yet he had nothing but kind words. I highly doubt the red bull camp would have done anything like that.

This. The race was his and he dominated until the last lap. I can't say I would have been as generous.
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Perez: Did everything that people were hyping and predicting Bottas to do. Deserved a podium

Sainz: that’s 4 podiums to Leclerc’s 1 and he beat him in the championship. Put some respect on his name

Tsunoda: unrejectification always qualifies here. Hopefully we’ll see more of this next year

Hamilton: make no mistake I wanted him to get beat but he handled that with professionalism and class. Red Bull would not have done that
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Yuki Tsunoda: His fourth place is one of the very few things that save the result for me. I didn't expect that even after he outqualified Gasly for the first time!

Honorable mention to Sainz for a podium and outscoring Leclerc – who would have predicted that?
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Sergio Perez for proving that he is the best wheel-to-wheel driver in a Red Bull F1 cockpit.
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Post by Butterfox »

Tsunoda for finally showing what he can do.

Perez for that defensive lap Alonso would be proud of.

Honourable mention to Gasly, though he should get IIDOTY instead i'd argue.
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Tsunoda: A fourth place out of the blue to end a disappointing season on a high note and with some hope for next year.

Sáinz: Another podium eclipsed, this time, by the championship epic finale. Oh, and beating both Leclerc and Norris on the drivers championship thanks to this.

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Pérez: Some of the best team work I've ever seen on a F1 race. He allowed Max to cut Lewis gap in 7 seconds in just a lap and half, brutal.
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Post by Vassago »

1. Yuki Tsunoda - career-best 4th place and nobody noticed that in the end!

2. Sergio Perez - epic wingman job to cost Hamilton 5 seconds on one lap compared to Max.

3. Nicholas Latifi - if it wasn't for his crash we'd have a different WDC.
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I'll leave anyone to do with championship out of this and lump for Tsunoda first then Sainz second.
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Pérez: Absolutely insane defending. Like a lion, to borrow a phrase from Alonso.

Sainz: 5th in the WDC standings, winning the Great Carl War in Ferrari. Superb season.

The Mick/Latifi battle: A season like this needed a completely bonkers finale and they sure provided it.
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Post by Bleu »

1. Yuki Tsunoda. Beat Gasly all weekend, in the end unrejectified himself.

2. Sergio Perez. Brilliant work against Hamilton before his pit stop.
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I want to award IIDOTR to the roast chestnuts that accompanied my viewing of a live race for the first time since the summer..

But as they're not likely to win, seeing as everyone else here missed out on their starchy deliciousness, the two obvious candidates are:

Yuki: unrejectification? I didn't expect that to happen, ever. Banzai!

Carlos: seriously, Ferrari, build a car that's good enough to give him a win or six.
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1. The Show™: fairly self-explanatory, this one is.
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Post by Miguel98 »

1. Yuki Tsunoda - Even without the shenanigans of the restart, t'was his best drive since Hungary and, imo, his best overall of the season. A nice motivator starter pack for 2022.

2. Lewis Hamilton - For being graceful in a defeat that I probably would've gone straight to the stewards and smack Masi's arse.

Honorable mention to Carlos Sainz for an incredible drive and to Sergio Pérez for some of the best defensive driving I remember watching.
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1 - DonTirri. From out of nowhere, what a surprise.
2 - Hamilton. All I'll say is, can Verstappen fans honestly say their man would've been as gracious in defeat?
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Equal nominations for Hamilton, the moral victor, and Pérez, for the best holdup job I've ever seen.
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Sainz - For obvious reasons. Probably will go to IIDOTY too as everyone expected him to be trashed by Leclerc.

Perez - He was the reason Mercedes didn't consider pitting Lewis under any of the SC conditions. Thanks to him Lewis never had enough margin to cover that extra stop and ultimately decided the race and the championship.
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Poll is now open at the top of this thread! You have 48 hours to decide on your Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race :dance:
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