Abu Driver of the Race

[zako85]

Massa. Can't give it to Hamilton. The race was over after Rosberg lost his car.

[MrJan]

Rosberg. Although he got a bit stroppy at times he showed real class in wanting to get the car over the line.

Other than that Hamilton had a solid driver and Ricciardo was yet again far more impressive than his multi-championship winning team mate

[steveaki13]

P.S. beat you to it Steveaki13, opening this thread *blows massive raspberry*

Hey I was away until after the race so it wasn't a fair fight

[steveaki13]

Driver of the Race:

Felipe Massa - It was close and probably Daniel could have won it, but I will give it to Felipe. Raced hard and fast with no mistakes and matched and raced a Mercedes.

Other Mentions:

Daniel Ricciardo - Amazing drive from the pits to 4th. Should have probably won the award from me.

Lewis Hamilton - Great start and nice drive. To win his 11th race of the season. Great effort to win his title.

Valterri Bottas - Another good job after that poor start. Glad he got onto the Podium

Jenson Button - Again a brilliant effort in that Mclaren. Can't believe we are likely to never see Jenson in F1 again.

Will Stevens - A mention for finishing his first race only a lap down in a car that was thrown onto the grid.

[Mia 01]

Felipe Massa for me.

[truefan72]

Massa. Can't give it to Hamilton. The race was over after Rosberg lost his car.

and what exactly did massa do all race?
started 4th gained from another terrible bottas start and then cruised himself all race long unchallenged

[Rollo]

And yet, the FIA wants to control what you can and can't say over the radio.

I think it would be easier just to ban radio communication. Let the pitboards do the talking.

[truefan72]

I think it would be easier just to ban radio communication. Let the pitboards do the talking.

not to argue this issue again, but i think the FIA should stay out of the radio communications regulations. let teams and drivers decide what information they want and don't to be transmitted over the radio.
Like i said before, the only reason it was even an issue is because the FIAS themselves decided to broadcast those communications, and did a piss poor job of deciding what was broadcast and what was not. So instead of acknowledging their own shortcoming and tightening up what messages they provide, they instead handicap the teams so they can continue to be lazy about their own production. and in doing so have created, as usual, more confusion and additional problems where non existed before. it was a knee jerk reaction to some pundits, uninformed fans and butter former drivers, who would probably have a difficult time getting these very complex cars off the grid without some assistance, especially if things started going wrong and several, bleeps and lights started to come on.

[airshifter]

Ricciardo and Massa, in that order.

After that, a lot of great drives in the top 10.

[Whyzars]

Ricciardo for me but I'm puzzled.

How does Ricciardo start behind Vettel based on P3 times and go on to finish 37 seconds off the win and 35 seconds in front of Vettel?

It was a strong drive by Ricciardo but starting from the pit lane is supposed to be a penalty isn't it?

There's something not right...