PF1 Forum teammate wars vote: Mexico
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 1:53 pm
The result from the Japanese vote is as follows:
Mercedes
TMW race winner: Bottas (89%)
Hamilton 13 - 4 Bottas
Hamilton 72% - 28% Bottas
It's been a while - eight races, in fact - but Valtteri Bottas has finally returned to winning ways both on the track and in the PF1 TMW vote as well. While Lewis has long had the vote for the season tied up, Bottas now has four races to try and surpass his not particularly great total of four TMW wins from 2018, and is still in with a shout of improving his percentage for the season (which was 29% last year). Either way, it has been another very similar year at Mercedes, which suggests that 2020 will follow the same pattern.
Ferrari
TMW race winner: Vettel (95%)
Vettel 10 - 7 Leclerc
Vettel 47% - 53% Leclerc
There is now a little daylight between Vettel and Leclerc courtesy of Vettel's most dominant TMW performance since Germany. It gives him a 10-7 advantage for the season and means that he can secure the honours for the season with victory in this week's vote. The percentage could still go either way with just 31 votes separating the two Ferrari drivers for the year.
Red Bull
TMW race winner: Albon (60%)
Verstappen 2 - 3 Albon
Verstappen 40% - 60% Albon
The surprise of the season? That after five races as teammates, Alex Albon re-assumes the lead (3-2) with a percentage to perfectly mirror that scoreline. While some (okay, a lot) of this is inevitably down to a bit of a downturn in Max's driving, specifically his ability to stay out of trouble, Alex Albon has generally made his mistakes prior to the race and been able to put in steady performances on Sunday, benefitting from Max's own self-destruction.
Renault
TMW race winner: Ricciardo (83%)
Ricciardo 13 - 4 Hulkenberg
Ricciardo 59% - 41% Hulkenberg
And to think, it all started so well for Nico Hulkenberg. The German was 2-0 up after the first two races, and even after Daniel Ricciardo put together a string of eight consecutive TMW wins, Nico hit back with two of his own in Germany and Hungary. But that is as good as it got with Daniel rattling off a further five wins in a row, leaving him well and truly ahead, and arguably justifying Renault's decision to drop the Hulk.
Haas
TMW race winner: TIE!
Magnussen 12 - 4 Grosjean
Magnussen 63% - 37% Grosjean
TIE ALERT CLAXON! After 16 races and 160 individual votes in favour of one driver or the other, round 17 has brought us that oh-so-rare occurrence of a TMW vote ending level. It's the first of the season and only the fifth occasion it has happened in the nearly two seasons I've been doing these threads. It also means that Romain Grosjean will definitely finish 2019 with a worse TMW record than he did in 2018, where the score for the Haas pair was 12-9 in Kevin Magnussen's favour. This is despite actually taking a slightly larger chunk of the votes (37% in 2019 compared to 35% over the whole 2018 season).
McLaren
TMW race winner: Sainz (100%)
Sainz 11 - 6 Norris
Sainz 53% - 47% Norris
The man who is perceived to have had the best season outside of the big three teams, Carlos Sainz, can now go ahead and celebrate it by virtue of taking the TMW honours for 2019. A second 18-0 victory of the year sees him move five wins clear of his rookie teammate, as well as pushing the percentage in his favour a little more in the process. He's likely to finish 7th in the WDC once the current Red Bull driver switches places with the ex-Red Bull driver in the standings, and has been a significant part of McLaren's move back up the standings. All in all a pretty good year for Sainz, whose reputation had seemed to take a little dent alongside Nico Hulkenberg. What a difference a year makes...
Racing Point
TMW race winner: Perez (94%)
Perez 14 - 3 Stroll
Perez 66% - 34% Stroll
With Valtteri Bottas taking the TMW victory in Japan, it means Sergio Perez is left as one of just three drivers to have taken 14 or more TMW wins in 2019. Another one came in Japan, eclipsing his previous best run of five successive TMW wins.
Alfa Romeo
TMW race winner: Raikkonen (65%)
Raikkonen 14 - 3 Giovinazzi
Raikkonen 83% - 17% Giovinazzi
Also enjoying a 14-3 lead for 2019 is the evergreen Kimi Raikkonen who, after Antonio Giovinazzi put together back-to-back TMW wins, has responded by reasserting his dominance at the Swiss team. Raikkonen could end the year with not only the most TMW wins, but also the highest percentage of votes out of those teammates who contested the whole season, something he currently trails George Russell on.
Toro Rosso
TMW race winner: Gasly (76%)
Gasly 2 - 3 Kvyat
Gasly 42% - 58% Kvyat
The topsy-turvy Toro Rosso battle takes another twist as Pierre Gasly takes a comfortable TMW victory in Japan, pulling himself back to within one TMW win of the Torpedo. Interestingly, Daniil Kvyat still has a higher % of the vote against Pierre Gasly than he did against Alex Albon, albeit only by a single percent. Could the Russian driver finish 2019 with good results against both contenders for the second Red Bull seat, yet not even get a look in himself?
Williams
TMW race winner: Russell (100%)
Russell 15 - 2 Kubica
Russell 86% - 14% Kubica
George Russell, TMW win, 100% of the vote, blah, blah, blah.
TMW winners so far:
Max Verstappen over Pierre Gasly (12-0, 97%)
Daniil Kvyat over Alex Albon (6-6, 57%)
Kimi Raikkonen over Antonio Giovinazzi
George Russell over Robert Kubica
Lewis Hamilton over Valtteri Bottas
Sergio Perez over Lance Stroll
Daniel Ricciardo over Nico Hulkenberg
Kevin Magnussen over Romain Grosjean
Carlos Sainz over Lando Norris
Mercedes
TMW race winner: Bottas (89%)
Hamilton 13 - 4 Bottas
Hamilton 72% - 28% Bottas
It's been a while - eight races, in fact - but Valtteri Bottas has finally returned to winning ways both on the track and in the PF1 TMW vote as well. While Lewis has long had the vote for the season tied up, Bottas now has four races to try and surpass his not particularly great total of four TMW wins from 2018, and is still in with a shout of improving his percentage for the season (which was 29% last year). Either way, it has been another very similar year at Mercedes, which suggests that 2020 will follow the same pattern.
Ferrari
TMW race winner: Vettel (95%)
Vettel 10 - 7 Leclerc
Vettel 47% - 53% Leclerc
There is now a little daylight between Vettel and Leclerc courtesy of Vettel's most dominant TMW performance since Germany. It gives him a 10-7 advantage for the season and means that he can secure the honours for the season with victory in this week's vote. The percentage could still go either way with just 31 votes separating the two Ferrari drivers for the year.
Red Bull
TMW race winner: Albon (60%)
Verstappen 2 - 3 Albon
Verstappen 40% - 60% Albon
The surprise of the season? That after five races as teammates, Alex Albon re-assumes the lead (3-2) with a percentage to perfectly mirror that scoreline. While some (okay, a lot) of this is inevitably down to a bit of a downturn in Max's driving, specifically his ability to stay out of trouble, Alex Albon has generally made his mistakes prior to the race and been able to put in steady performances on Sunday, benefitting from Max's own self-destruction.
Renault
TMW race winner: Ricciardo (83%)
Ricciardo 13 - 4 Hulkenberg
Ricciardo 59% - 41% Hulkenberg
And to think, it all started so well for Nico Hulkenberg. The German was 2-0 up after the first two races, and even after Daniel Ricciardo put together a string of eight consecutive TMW wins, Nico hit back with two of his own in Germany and Hungary. But that is as good as it got with Daniel rattling off a further five wins in a row, leaving him well and truly ahead, and arguably justifying Renault's decision to drop the Hulk.
Haas
TMW race winner: TIE!
Magnussen 12 - 4 Grosjean
Magnussen 63% - 37% Grosjean
TIE ALERT CLAXON! After 16 races and 160 individual votes in favour of one driver or the other, round 17 has brought us that oh-so-rare occurrence of a TMW vote ending level. It's the first of the season and only the fifth occasion it has happened in the nearly two seasons I've been doing these threads. It also means that Romain Grosjean will definitely finish 2019 with a worse TMW record than he did in 2018, where the score for the Haas pair was 12-9 in Kevin Magnussen's favour. This is despite actually taking a slightly larger chunk of the votes (37% in 2019 compared to 35% over the whole 2018 season).
McLaren
TMW race winner: Sainz (100%)
Sainz 11 - 6 Norris
Sainz 53% - 47% Norris
The man who is perceived to have had the best season outside of the big three teams, Carlos Sainz, can now go ahead and celebrate it by virtue of taking the TMW honours for 2019. A second 18-0 victory of the year sees him move five wins clear of his rookie teammate, as well as pushing the percentage in his favour a little more in the process. He's likely to finish 7th in the WDC once the current Red Bull driver switches places with the ex-Red Bull driver in the standings, and has been a significant part of McLaren's move back up the standings. All in all a pretty good year for Sainz, whose reputation had seemed to take a little dent alongside Nico Hulkenberg. What a difference a year makes...
Racing Point
TMW race winner: Perez (94%)
Perez 14 - 3 Stroll
Perez 66% - 34% Stroll
With Valtteri Bottas taking the TMW victory in Japan, it means Sergio Perez is left as one of just three drivers to have taken 14 or more TMW wins in 2019. Another one came in Japan, eclipsing his previous best run of five successive TMW wins.
Alfa Romeo
TMW race winner: Raikkonen (65%)
Raikkonen 14 - 3 Giovinazzi
Raikkonen 83% - 17% Giovinazzi
Also enjoying a 14-3 lead for 2019 is the evergreen Kimi Raikkonen who, after Antonio Giovinazzi put together back-to-back TMW wins, has responded by reasserting his dominance at the Swiss team. Raikkonen could end the year with not only the most TMW wins, but also the highest percentage of votes out of those teammates who contested the whole season, something he currently trails George Russell on.
Toro Rosso
TMW race winner: Gasly (76%)
Gasly 2 - 3 Kvyat
Gasly 42% - 58% Kvyat
The topsy-turvy Toro Rosso battle takes another twist as Pierre Gasly takes a comfortable TMW victory in Japan, pulling himself back to within one TMW win of the Torpedo. Interestingly, Daniil Kvyat still has a higher % of the vote against Pierre Gasly than he did against Alex Albon, albeit only by a single percent. Could the Russian driver finish 2019 with good results against both contenders for the second Red Bull seat, yet not even get a look in himself?
Williams
TMW race winner: Russell (100%)
Russell 15 - 2 Kubica
Russell 86% - 14% Kubica
George Russell, TMW win, 100% of the vote, blah, blah, blah.
TMW winners so far:
Max Verstappen over Pierre Gasly (12-0, 97%)
Daniil Kvyat over Alex Albon (6-6, 57%)
Kimi Raikkonen over Antonio Giovinazzi
George Russell over Robert Kubica
Lewis Hamilton over Valtteri Bottas
Sergio Perez over Lance Stroll
Daniel Ricciardo over Nico Hulkenberg
Kevin Magnussen over Romain Grosjean
Carlos Sainz over Lando Norris