Who was the 2018 Australian GP Driver of the Race?

Who was the 2018 Australian GP Driver of the Race?#443792

By overboost - 25 Mar 18, 15:49

- 25 Mar 18, 15:49#443792

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

Please feel free to explain your choice.

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Re: Who was the 2018 Australian GP Driver of the Race?#443798

By sagi58 - 25 Mar 18, 17:11

- 25 Mar 18, 17:11#443798

Definitely Vettel! He didn't put a foot wrong, he waited for his opportunity and when it came,
he took it... all the way to the top step!!

Bravo, Vettel!! May this be the first of MANY!!

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Re: Who was the 2018 Australian GP Driver of the Race?#443801

By myownalias - 25 Mar 18, 17:18

- 25 Mar 18, 17:18#443801

Alonso, just because he finished fifth, a solid result after three years of discontent, although he had a little help from HAAS and the subsequent V/SC.

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Re: Who was the 2018 Australian GP Driver of the Race?#443809

By sagi58 - 25 Mar 18, 18:47

- 25 Mar 18, 18:47#443809

myownalias wrote:... a little help from HAAS and the subsequent V/SC.

Apparently, HAAS is in F1 to help other teams win!

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Re: Who was the 2018 Australian GP Driver of the Race?#443810

By sagi58 - 25 Mar 18, 18:48

- 25 Mar 18, 18:48#443810

myownalias wrote:Alonso, just because he finished fifth...

He was my second choice!!

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Re: Who was the 2018 Australian GP Driver of the Race?#443813

By darwin dali - 25 Mar 18, 18:56

- 25 Mar 18, 18:56#443813

You haven't voted yet...

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Re: Who was the 2018 Australian GP Driver of the Race?#443816

By sagi58 - 25 Mar 18, 19:53

- 25 Mar 18, 19:53#443816

darwin dali wrote:You haven't voted yet...

Forgot to submit... Thanks for keeping me honest!!

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Re: Who was the 2018 Australian GP Driver of the Race?#443824

By darwin dali - 25 Mar 18, 22:29

- 25 Mar 18, 22:29#443824

I picked SV over FA for being able to keep LH behind for so many laps after the fortuitous VSC. FA one could argue did similar things with MV.

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Re: Who was the 2018 Australian GP Driver of the Race?#443825

By overboost - 25 Mar 18, 22:41

- 25 Mar 18, 22:41#443825

Vettel gets the vote as he was steady when holding off the much faster Mercedes. Forced Hamilton to roast his tires and also to lock up and slide off track.

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Re: Who was the 2018 Australian GP Driver of the Race?#443829

By myownalias - 26 Mar 18, 01:58

- 26 Mar 18, 01:58#443829

overboost wrote:Vettel gets the vote as he was steady when holding off the much faster Mercedes. Forced Hamilton to roast his tires and also to lock up and slide off track.

I think that you're giving too much credit to Vettel, it seems more like the nature of the track, every driver had an almost impossible task to overtake, I saw several drivers cruise to within one second of the car in front, then struggle to make any further inroads, even with DRS, just look how long Bottas in a far superior car was stuck in 13th place.

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Re: Who was the 2018 Australian GP Driver of the Race?#443831

By overboost - 26 Mar 18, 02:51

- 26 Mar 18, 02:51#443831

Poor Bottas was at the end of Alonso's train where all the cars in front of him had DRS. This made it very difficult indeed for Bottas to make headway.

Vettel though didn't have DRS to help defend against Hamilton's much faster Merc.

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