Who was the 2018 Bahrain GP Driver of the Race?

Who was the 2018 Bahrain GP Driver of the Race?#443918

By overboost - 08 Apr 18, 18:54

- 08 Apr 18, 18:54#443918

Vote for the star performer of the race from the list provided!

Please feel free to explain your choice. :thumbup:

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Re: Who was the 2018 Bahrain GP Driver of the Race?#443928

By sagi58 - 08 Apr 18, 19:27

- 08 Apr 18, 19:27#443928

Went with Vettel...

He really was able to keep his head AND he gave his TEAM a lot of credit!!

After the agony of defeat, success will be sweet!

Re: Who was the 2018 Bahrain GP Driver of the Race?#443934

By darwin dali - 08 Apr 18, 19:42

- 08 Apr 18, 19:42#443934

SV: didn't put a foot wrong while executing a strategy that was changing on the fly and was based on a marginal call and making tires last way longer than they should have.

Gasly honorable mention for putting the Toro Rosso/Honda up there and throwing a pie in McLaren's face.

Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point.

Re: Who was the 2018 Bahrain GP Driver of the Race?#443938

By overboost - 09 Apr 18, 00:00

- 09 Apr 18, 00:00#443938

It would have to be Vettel.

Starting from pole Vettel ran a fault free race. He had excellent pace, at the a critical point he quickly got past Hamilton who was trying to slow him down to give Bottas the win, and then at the end held off a charging W09 in full party mode for 10 laps with used up tires to take the top step.

I think that Vettel is the only driver currently in the sport who could have pulled this off. Excellent work.

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Re: Who was the 2018 Bahrain GP Driver of the Race?#443978

By myownalias - 11 Apr 18, 20:56

- 11 Apr 18, 20:56#443978

I'm going to go for Pierre Gasly for putting his STR Honda in fourth place, which I believe is Honda's best result since their return to F1.

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Re: Who was the 2018 Bahrain GP Driver of the Race?#443980

By sagi58 - 12 Apr 18, 00:13

- 12 Apr 18, 00:13#443980

AUTOSPORT wrote:">Formula 1: Vettel defends Hamilton over rude Verstappen remark

Sebastian Vettel launched a strong defence of Formula 1 rival Lewis Hamilton over comments the Mercedes driver made about Max Verstappen straight after the Bahrain Grand Prix.

Yup... Driver of the Day!! :thumbup:

After the agony of defeat, success will be sweet!

Re: Who was the 2018 Bahrain GP Driver of the Race?#443982

By darwin dali - 12 Apr 18, 00:23

- 12 Apr 18, 00:23#443982

There was some bad blood between MV and SV last season, so maybe that played a role as well...

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Re: Who was the 2018 Bahrain GP Driver of the Race?#443986

By sagi58 - 12 Apr 18, 22:19

- 12 Apr 18, 22:19#443986

There was some bad blood between MV and SV last season, so maybe that played a role as well...

Possibly... :thumbup:

After the agony of defeat, success will be sweet!

Re: Who was the 2018 Bahrain GP Driver of the Race?#443989

By myownalias - 13 Apr 18, 00:16

- 13 Apr 18, 00:16#443989

I think all the drivers are a bunch of whiny-ass-b***hes

Pay me $10m a year to drive around at 200mph, I wouldn't be complaining.

And Vettel should be keeping his mouth shut after his actions during last season. :censored:

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