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The 2017 Season Review by the Fastlane members

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Let's nominate using the following categories, reasons for your nominations are encouraged:

Driver of the year
Team of the year
Car of the year
Best race of the year
Worst race of the year
Overtake of the year
Surprise of the year
Moment of the year
Disappointment of the year
WTF of the year
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Normally there are multiple and immediate posts in this thread each year. I'm guessing that considering no-one has nominated because the season wasn't very memorable. To be honest, I can't remember any truly memorable races or overtakes.
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Driver of the year - Hamilton
Team of the year - Force India
Car of the year - Mercedes
Best race of the year - Baku
Worst race of the year - Abu Dhabi
Overtake of the year - Ricciardo on two other cars into T1 at Baku
Surprise of the year - Hamilton outdriving Bottas easily
Moment of the year - Stroll having a few surprising results, including a podium
Disappointment of the year - a reorganizing move by Renault resulting in Palmer not taking part in the final races
WTF of the year - Vettel giving Hamilton a nudge in Baku
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Antonov wrote: 6 years agoDisappointment of the year - a reorganizing move by Renault resulting in Palmer not taking part in the final races
Please change this, we don't need more fanboyish Palmer rubbish ;)
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Driver of the year: Esteban Ocon (I'm rating this on account of how I expected the drivers to perform before the season, and how they actually performed)
Team of the year: Force India
Car of the year: Force India
Best race of the year: Baku, it was madness. Like Woodstock.
Worst race of the year: Abu Dhabi, and a few others.
Overtake of the year: Didn't Ricciardo overtake someone at Monza? Kimi?
Surprise of the year: That Palmer wasn't sacked sooner
Moment of the year: When Palmer was sacked
Disappointment of the year: Jolyon Palmer. I mean, what the hell. Yes, he lucked into the points at Singapore. But he was, what 0-16 in qualifying against Niko? Did he beat him on merit in any race?
WTF of the year: Baku.
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Driver quote of the year: "Suck my balls....."

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Everso Biggyballies wrote: 6 years ago Driver quote of the year: "Suck my balls....."
Well it makes a refreshing change from...

"BLUE FLAGS! BLUE FLAGS!"
"What the hell are we doing here?"
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"What the F***K?!"
"Why do I get penalised for dangerous driving?"
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Driver of the year - Hamilton
Team of the year - Force India
Car of the year - Mercedes
Best race of the year - Chinese GP
Worst race of the year - Monaco GP
Overtake of the year - Ricciardo on Raikkonen @ Monza
Surprise of the year - Ocon!!
Moment of the year - Mexican GP start with Verstappen - Vettel and Hamilton.
Disappointment of the year - Singapore start.
WTF of the year - Baku > Vettel rams Hamilton.
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kals wrote: 6 years ago
Everso Biggyballies wrote: 6 years ago Driver quote of the year: "Suck my balls....."
Well it makes a refreshing change from...

"BLUE FLAGS! BLUE FLAGS!"
"What the hell are we doing here?"
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"What the F***K?!"
"Why do I get penalised for dangerous driving?"
You forgot Grosjean "I crashed"
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@Kals I think you need to edit the link above. It does not connect. I think it might be the space after www before the dot and also after F1 before .com. :wink:

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Everso Biggyballies wrote: 6 years ago @Kals I think you need to edit the link above. It does not connect. I think it might be the space after www before the dot and also after F1 before .com. :wink:
It does that automatically. formula1.com prevents hotlinking.
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kals wrote: 6 years ago https://www . formula1 . com/en/latest/features/2017/12/vote-f1-best-overtake-of-2017.html
I just saw this poll on YouTube...Pretty much voting for "Schumacher's overtake on Badoer' or "Barbazza's overtake on Fittipaldi".

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PTRACER wrote: 6 years ago
kals wrote: 6 years ago https://www . formula1 . com/en/latest/features/2017/12/vote-f1-best-overtake-of-2017.html
I just saw this poll on YouTube...Pretty much voting for "Schumacher's overtake on Badoer' or "Barbazza's overtake on Fittipaldi".

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Yeah I thought the same. What about Hamilton v Vettel for the lead in Spain, or Austin? How about Vettel against the Force India pair into T1 at Montreal? Verstappen on Hamilton for lead in Malaysia?
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I had forgotten about Vettel v Hamilton in Spain.

As I mentioned then, shades of Mansell v Piquet in Silverstone 1987.
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