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As the end of the season approaches, how about voting for some informal PH awards:
Driver of the year
Best team principal of the year
Worst team principal of the year
Team of the year
Best drive of the year
Worst drive of the year
Best strategy call of the year
Worst strategy call of the year
Best pit/driver radio transmission of the year
Most selfless act by someone involved in F1
Daftest statement made to the media
Commentator of the year
Facial hair of the year
Bravest fashion statement of the year [at this point I'll put Vijay Mallya at Austin out there - bizarre shades plus a Bill Ray Cyrus "office up front, weekend out back" hairstyle]
Awkwardest moment in the Room of Awkwardness
Driver of the year
Best team principal of the year
Worst team principal of the year
Team of the year
Best drive of the year
Worst drive of the year
Best strategy call of the year
Worst strategy call of the year
Best pit/driver radio transmission of the year
Most selfless act by someone involved in F1
Daftest statement made to the media
Commentator of the year
Facial hair of the year
Bravest fashion statement of the year [at this point I'll put Vijay Mallya at Austin out there - bizarre shades plus a Bill Ray Cyrus "office up front, weekend out back" hairstyle]
Awkwardest moment in the Room of Awkwardness
- Edited to add worst Team Principal of the year
Edited by Europa1 on Sunday 23 November 15:19
Driver of the year - Ricciardo
Team principal of the year - Wolff
Team of the year - Mercedes
Best drive of the year - Any of Ricciardo's wins
Worst drive of the year - Perez in Austin
Best strategy call of the year - Mercedes and Hamilton, for all of the Singapore GP.
Worst strategy call of the year - Williams to Massa in Russia
Best pit/driver radio transmission of the year - Button at Austin
Most selfless act by someone involved in F1 - Lotus' damage limitation, for giving Maldonado a car so bad he can't get near anyone else.
Daftest statement made to the media - Any of the cryptic crap Alonso has come out with recently.
Commentator of the year - Only seen BBC, so... DC?
Facial hair of the year - Ricciardo in Austin
Bravest fashion statement of the year - Ricciardo in Austin
Awkwardest moment in the Room of Awkwardness - Putin in Russia
Team principal of the year - Wolff
Team of the year - Mercedes
Best drive of the year - Any of Ricciardo's wins
Worst drive of the year - Perez in Austin
Best strategy call of the year - Mercedes and Hamilton, for all of the Singapore GP.
Worst strategy call of the year - Williams to Massa in Russia
Best pit/driver radio transmission of the year - Button at Austin
Most selfless act by someone involved in F1 - Lotus' damage limitation, for giving Maldonado a car so bad he can't get near anyone else.
Daftest statement made to the media - Any of the cryptic crap Alonso has come out with recently.
Commentator of the year - Only seen BBC, so... DC?
Facial hair of the year - Ricciardo in Austin
Bravest fashion statement of the year - Ricciardo in Austin
Awkwardest moment in the Room of Awkwardness - Putin in Russia
Driver of the year - Ricciardo
Team principal of the year - Wolff & Lauda team award
Team of the year - Mercedes
Best drive of the year - Ricciardo at Hungary
Worst drive of the year - Any by Chilton
Best strategy call of the year - Ricciardo at Hungary
Worst strategy call of the year - Vettel at Monza
Best pit/driver radio transmission of the year - Massa & Bottas at Malaysia
Most selfless act by someone involved in F1 - Alonso for leaving Ferrari, apparently.
Daftest statement made to the media - Alonso's "I'll do what's best for Ferrari" rubbish.
Commentator of the year - Brundle.
Facial hair of the year - Ricciardo in Austin
Bravest fashion statement of the year - The pink "papa smurf" shirts. (Sorry, read this as "best")
Awkwardest moment in the Room of Awkwardness - Rosberg & Hamilton - any between Monaco and Singapore.
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Team principal of the year - Wolff & Lauda team award
Team of the year - Mercedes
Best drive of the year - Ricciardo at Hungary
Worst drive of the year - Any by Chilton
Best strategy call of the year - Ricciardo at Hungary
Worst strategy call of the year - Vettel at Monza
Best pit/driver radio transmission of the year - Massa & Bottas at Malaysia
Most selfless act by someone involved in F1 - Alonso for leaving Ferrari, apparently.
Daftest statement made to the media - Alonso's "I'll do what's best for Ferrari" rubbish.
Commentator of the year - Brundle.
Facial hair of the year - Ricciardo in Austin
Bravest fashion statement of the year - The pink "papa smurf" shirts. (Sorry, read this as "best")
Awkwardest moment in the Room of Awkwardness - Rosberg & Hamilton - any between Monaco and Singapore.
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Edited by McClure on Friday 7th November 10:28
Driver of the year - Hamilton (honourable mention to Ricciardo)
Team principal of the year - Toto Wolf, he handled the Hamilton/Rosberg spat really well
Team of the year - Williams, relative shoestring of a budget and they pulled off a real revival. McLaren should look at them and feel shame!
Best drive of the year - Torn between Hamilton in Germany, which was an old school barnstorming drive from the back and Hamilton (again) in Austin, it might not have been dramatic but IMHO it was a great example of a perfectly executed long-game. The much anticipated battle of Rosberg and Hamilton going toe-to-toe was a non-event in the end because while he might have pace similar to his teammate, when it comes to racing it out on a Sunday at this point in time Rosberg just doesn't have an answer.
Worst drive of the year - I can't really think of a true "winner" for this one, there's been several woeful "phone ins" from Vettel, Perez was rubbish in Austin, Rosberg deserves a mention for Monza as you have to look at it as him having everything going for him and then throwing it all away with repeated amateurish mistakes.
Best strategy call of the year - Button in Suzuka
Worst strategy call of the year - Not sure tbh, we haven't had many standout howlers.
Best pit/driver radio transmission of the year - Button in Austin
Most selfless act by someone involved in F1 - Button, for putting up with McLaren dithering him around for months on end.
Daftest statement made to the media - As another poster said any of the cryptic half-statements coming from Alonso lately.
Commentator of the year - I only have BBC so for me it's DC
Facial hair of the year - Ricciardo
Bravest fashion statement of the year - Erm.. can't think of anY!
Awkwardest moment in the Room of Awkwardness - Pick any of the Rosberg-Hamilton frost-fests really!
Team principal of the year - Toto Wolf, he handled the Hamilton/Rosberg spat really well
Team of the year - Williams, relative shoestring of a budget and they pulled off a real revival. McLaren should look at them and feel shame!
Best drive of the year - Torn between Hamilton in Germany, which was an old school barnstorming drive from the back and Hamilton (again) in Austin, it might not have been dramatic but IMHO it was a great example of a perfectly executed long-game. The much anticipated battle of Rosberg and Hamilton going toe-to-toe was a non-event in the end because while he might have pace similar to his teammate, when it comes to racing it out on a Sunday at this point in time Rosberg just doesn't have an answer.
Worst drive of the year - I can't really think of a true "winner" for this one, there's been several woeful "phone ins" from Vettel, Perez was rubbish in Austin, Rosberg deserves a mention for Monza as you have to look at it as him having everything going for him and then throwing it all away with repeated amateurish mistakes.
Best strategy call of the year - Button in Suzuka
Worst strategy call of the year - Not sure tbh, we haven't had many standout howlers.
Best pit/driver radio transmission of the year - Button in Austin
Most selfless act by someone involved in F1 - Button, for putting up with McLaren dithering him around for months on end.
Daftest statement made to the media - As another poster said any of the cryptic half-statements coming from Alonso lately.
Commentator of the year - I only have BBC so for me it's DC
Facial hair of the year - Ricciardo
Bravest fashion statement of the year - Erm.. can't think of anY!
Awkwardest moment in the Room of Awkwardness - Pick any of the Rosberg-Hamilton frost-fests really!
Driver of the year - Hamilton
Team principal of the year - Wolf for his low BS
Team of the year - Marussia
Best drive of the year - Jules B, Monaco
Worst drive of the year - Nico at Spa
Best strategy call of the year - no idea
Worst strategy call of the year - no idea
Best pit/driver radio transmission of the year - Jenson at Austin
Most selfless act by someone involved in F1 - Jenson for putting up with McLaren
Daftest statement made to the media - I'm not going, LdM
Commentator of the year - none, they are all dreadful
Facial hair of the year - Daniel R
Bravest fashion statement of the year -
Awkwardest moment in the Room of Awkwardness - Putin
Driver of the year - Lewis Hamilton
Team principal of the year - Totto Wolf
Team of the year - Mercedes
Best drive of the year - Lewis Hamilton Bahrain
Worst drive of the year - Kimi's worst ferrari driver "of all time" season - rumoured £20 million a year makes it even worse
Best strategy call of the year - Hungary Redbull
Worst strategy call of the year - Williams Russia
Best pit/driver radio transmission of the year - Mercedes Hammer Time
Most selfless act by someone involved in F1 - Ferrari putting up with Kimi's performances
Daftest statement made to the media - Alonso on doing whats best
Commentator of the year - Brundle
Facial hair of the year - Daniel RedBull
Bravest fashion statement of the year -Vijay's Mullet at Austin
Awkwardest moment in the Room of Awkwardness - Putin Sochi
Team principal of the year - Totto Wolf
Team of the year - Mercedes
Best drive of the year - Lewis Hamilton Bahrain
Worst drive of the year - Kimi's worst ferrari driver "of all time" season - rumoured £20 million a year makes it even worse
Best strategy call of the year - Hungary Redbull
Worst strategy call of the year - Williams Russia
Best pit/driver radio transmission of the year - Mercedes Hammer Time
Most selfless act by someone involved in F1 - Ferrari putting up with Kimi's performances
Daftest statement made to the media - Alonso on doing whats best
Commentator of the year - Brundle
Facial hair of the year - Daniel RedBull
Bravest fashion statement of the year -Vijay's Mullet at Austin
Awkwardest moment in the Room of Awkwardness - Putin Sochi
Driver of the year - Hamilton (Narrowly edging out Ricciardo)
Team principal of the year - Claire Williams
Team of the year - Mercedes
Best drive of the year - Ricciardo in Hungary
Worst drive of the year - None stand out. Kimi in Austin was pretty woeful though.
Best strategy call of the year - Jenson at Suzuka
Worst strategy call of the year - Williams in Austria springs to mind, could/ should have had a 1-2.
Best pit/driver radio transmission of the year - Red Bull to Ricciardo: "Get after those Willies!"
Most selfless act by someone involved in F1 - Nico moving over for Lewis in Monza, Suzuka and Austin. Generous.
Daftest statement made to the media - Hamilton's "We're not friends any more" comment in Monaco.
Commentator of the year - Ant really knows his stuff, I'll go for him just above Brundle and Crofty.
Facial hair of the year - Fred's beard
Bravest fashion statement of the year - Lewis ditching the yellow helmet.
Awkwardest moment in the Room of Awkwardness - Can't think of a specific one (Putin aside), but watching Nico's pout grow bigger and bigger over the last few races is fun to watch.
Team principal of the year - Claire Williams
Team of the year - Mercedes
Best drive of the year - Ricciardo in Hungary
Worst drive of the year - None stand out. Kimi in Austin was pretty woeful though.
Best strategy call of the year - Jenson at Suzuka
Worst strategy call of the year - Williams in Austria springs to mind, could/ should have had a 1-2.
Best pit/driver radio transmission of the year - Red Bull to Ricciardo: "Get after those Willies!"
Most selfless act by someone involved in F1 - Nico moving over for Lewis in Monza, Suzuka and Austin. Generous.
Daftest statement made to the media - Hamilton's "We're not friends any more" comment in Monaco.
Commentator of the year - Ant really knows his stuff, I'll go for him just above Brundle and Crofty.
Facial hair of the year - Fred's beard
Bravest fashion statement of the year - Lewis ditching the yellow helmet.
Awkwardest moment in the Room of Awkwardness - Can't think of a specific one (Putin aside), but watching Nico's pout grow bigger and bigger over the last few races is fun to watch.
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