Driver(s) of the Day - 2019 Mexican Grand Prix
Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2019 8:50 pm
For me,
Verstappen, Perez & Ricciardo
Verstappen, Perez & Ricciardo
KingVoid wrote:Ricciardo, Perez, Hamilton
I didn't vote for Bottas but his performance today will probably go under the radar a bit, his pace was excellent.mikeyg123 wrote:Hamilton, Bottas and Perez are easy picks for me.
.UnlikeUday wrote:For me,
Verstappen, Perez & Ricciardo
JN23 wrote:I didn't vote for Bottas but his performance today will probably go under the radar a bit, his pace was excellent.mikeyg123 wrote:Hamilton, Bottas and Perez are easy picks for me.
mikeyg123 wrote:Hamilton, Bottas and Perez are easy picks for me.
I find it very amusing that i didn't really think bottas was quite good enough today to be concidered a DOTD given i usually praise him when others don't. He and hamilton had a bad start but Bottas probably more so. Hamilton seemed to get past both McLarens a fair bit quicker than Bottas and built up a gap of nearly 7 seconds (the sort of gap that usually is concidered a comfortable one for Hamilton) Then I think hamilton may have been able to jump vettel because of his early stop, but i feel this also may have been the main reason why Bottas was still close to hamilton at the end.Invade wrote:JN23 wrote:I didn't vote for Bottas but his performance today will probably go under the radar a bit, his pace was excellent.mikeyg123 wrote:Hamilton, Bottas and Perez are easy picks for me.
Absolutely. Bottas looked very quick today.
It's the old maxim, "Drive as slow as you can and still win the race!"oz_karter wrote:Couldn’t vote for Hamilton, his performance was less than other drivers. Ferrari strategy won him the race again.
Sainz was a disappointment to me also. At the start he got up into third place and looked poised to start mixing it up with some of the drivers from the big three teams. I am waiting to hear if there were mechanical problems on the McLaren.kleefton wrote:Hamilton was the standout for me. After getting shoved off to the grass in the beginning it is pretty remarkable he was able to get back and actually win this race. Even the commentators didn't give him much of a shot. Yes, he benefited from strategy but you still have to make it work and beat some very fast drivers to the checkered flag and he managed to do that. The critical part of his race for me was not just that he was able to stretch the hard tire, but his outlap on those very difficult to warm up hard tires was mega. I have read some people say that Ferrari should have pitted Vettel on the next lap but I don't think that they realize Hamilton had Vettel beat with his outlap. So if Vettel had pitted the following lap he would have came out behind, which is probably why he didn't want to do it. So there was not much Ferrari or Vettel could have done differently unless they chose to pit before Lewis did.
Others that were impressive were Ricciardo and Perez. These guys are two of the best at tire management on the grid.
Shockingly bad performance was Carlos Sainz. Not sure what happened to him but he just completely fell out of the points when he was initially in a good position.
Max was also back to his old impatient and overly agressive self and he paid dearly for that. Albon has been the flag bearer in terms of points ever since he moved to the team.
I heard on radio commentary a suggestion that the McLaren didn't respond well to the hard tyre. Speculation, but I struggle to understand how Sainz dropped off the pace so badly otherwise.Mort Canard wrote:Sainz was a disappointment to me also. At the start he got up into third place and looked poised to start mixing it up with some of the drivers from the big three teams. I am waiting to hear if there were mechanical problems on the McLaren.
This baffles me as both McLaren's had two sets of hards this weekend. Surely they must have tried them out in practice and would have known they had no pace on them.tootsie323 wrote:I heard on radio commentary a suggestion that the McLaren didn't respond well to the hard tyre. Speculation, but I struggle to understand how Sainz dropped off the pace so badly otherwise.Mort Canard wrote:Sainz was a disappointment to me also. At the start he got up into third place and looked poised to start mixing it up with some of the drivers from the big three teams. I am waiting to hear if there were mechanical problems on the McLaren.
Well, Lewis got 48 laps out of the Hard tires. Daniel got 50 laps out of his after he started the race on them. Ricciardo finished 8th. Max got 66 laps out of a set of hard tires while he was making a charge up the order from dead last on the field to finish 6th.angrypirate wrote:Masterclass in car and tyre management by Hamilton today. He had damage to his car which would have probably made tyre wear worse yet he still made those hards last for a stupid length of time. I dont think Ferrari could believe he made those tyres last. I suspect the real reason Vettel didnt pit is because they didnt think Veettel could have mad those tyres last as long as Hamilton did
I think that is fast showing itself to be a joke, it's more of a popularity contest.Exediron wrote:Gotta be Perez.
How Verstappen won the official vote after having one of his scruffiest races of the year is a mystery...
Well he had 48 laps to do on the tyres, you could see in the first half of that stint that he was clearly pacing himself sometimes going slower than drivers on older tyres.Mort Canard wrote:It's the old maxim, "Drive as slow as you can and still win the race!"oz_karter wrote:Couldn’t vote for Hamilton, his performance was less than other drivers. Ferrari strategy won him the race again.
It was exactly that, the downforce level wasn't sufficient to get the heat into the tyres.tootsie323 wrote:I heard on radio commentary a suggestion that the McLaren didn't respond well to the hard tyre. Speculation, but I struggle to understand how Sainz dropped off the pace so badly otherwise.Mort Canard wrote:Sainz was a disappointment to me also. At the start he got up into third place and looked poised to start mixing it up with some of the drivers from the big three teams. I am waiting to hear if there were mechanical problems on the McLaren.
Well yeah... Didn't Leclerc win it in Japan aswell of at least was 2nd in the pollpokerman wrote:I think that is fast showing itself to be a joke, it's more of a popularity contest.Exediron wrote:Gotta be Perez.
How Verstappen won the official vote after having one of his scruffiest races of the year is a mystery...
And Kubica won/was close to winning in AustriaFormulaFun wrote:Well yeah... Didn't Leclerc win it in Japan aswell of at least was 2nd in the pollpokerman wrote:I think that is fast showing itself to be a joke, it's more of a popularity contest.Exediron wrote:Gotta be Perez.
How Verstappen won the official vote after having one of his scruffiest races of the year is a mystery...
Luckily he did make it work, strangely enough we don't hear people bashing the strategy when it worked out great even though Lewis questioned it again.Vettel Fan wrote:Got to be Lewis. He made the strategy work. Even if he did complain about it.
Over the years I have begun to wonder if some of Lewis's radio complaining is by design an effort to get Ferrari and Red Bull to react the way he wants them to. If he says my tires won't last they assume that is what will happen and set their strategy accordingly. Then he calmly finishes out the race on that same set of tires without any drama.Vettel Fan wrote:Got to be Lewis. He made the strategy work. Even if he did complain about it.
Crazy like a fox???j man wrote:I'll vote Hamilton. Though I am getting increasingly infuriated with his habit of over-dramatising the state of his tyres over the radio.
Apparently it's being mooted that Hamilton performs at his best when he feels his back is against the wall, he kind of creates a situation in order to perform at his best, some have become a bit wise to this and don't always fully believe what he has to say about his tyres.Covalent wrote:Luckily he did make it work, strangely enough we don't hear people bashing the strategy when it worked out great even though Lewis questioned it again.Vettel Fan wrote:Got to be Lewis. He made the strategy work. Even if he did complain about it.
People are entitled to bash the strategy aswell as praise it when it goes right. When Mercedes get it wrong they get it wrong badly but they have got it right twice this season in a big way both times as the car behind. They also undercut for once which is something we hardly ever see Mercedes do.Covalent wrote:Luckily he did make it work, strangely enough we don't hear people bashing the strategy when it worked out great even though Lewis questioned it again.Vettel Fan wrote:Got to be Lewis. He made the strategy work. Even if he did complain about it.
Just enjoy the sport for what you see, not what others say.sandman1347 wrote:Hamilton, Perez, Ricciardo for me.
I find it scary that Verstappen won the fan vote after the race. I think this coming era in F1 might get very annoying with this influx of new fans who seem to lack any understanding of racing.
Not sure I’d go that far, but it was certainly another driver’s strategy that caught Toto’s eye and helped him win the race.oz_karter wrote:Couldn’t vote for Hamilton, his performance was less than other drivers. Ferrari strategy won him the race again.
purchville wrote:Not sure I’d go that far, but it was certainly another driver’s strategy that caught Toto’s eye and helped him win the race.oz_karter wrote:Couldn’t vote for Hamilton, his performance was less than other drivers. Ferrari strategy won him the race again.
“We saw Ricciardo going long on the hard tyre,” said Wolff. “He was posting green lap times. And then we had quite some discussion, and at the end... we opted to go long for 47 laps.
post deleted.sandman1347 wrote:Hamilton, Perez, Ricciardo for me.
I find it scary that Verstappen won the fan vote after the race. I think this coming era in F1 might get very annoying with this influx of new fans who seem to lack any understanding of racing.