Driver of the race: Turkey

**Adam43** · 21 Aug 2005, 17:55 (Ref:1387622)

The usual suspects?

If you would like someone else adding to the list please ask.

Hazard · 21 Aug 2005, 17:58 (Ref:1387625)

I've opted for Button for all of the moves during the fight through the field.

Taking nothing away from Kimi's victory, sitting at the front's the easy thing to do...(after the Fisichella pass that is).

Jaxs · 21 Aug 2005, 18:10 (Ref:1387637)

It's nice to know some one has made our minds up for us

Menelaos · 21 Aug 2005, 18:20 (Ref:1387648)

Raikkonen & Button.

Big-O · 21 Aug 2005, 18:34 (Ref:1387663)

Kimi .... brilliant drive.

**Adam43** · 21 Aug 2005, 18:48 (Ref:1387677)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jaxs

It's nice to know some one has made our minds up for us

Sorry?

GolddustMini · 21 Aug 2005, 18:50 (Ref:1387679)

again montoya is missing from the list :/

gonna have to give the driver off the race to mr "my brakes dont work" jordan driver

Knowlesy · 21 Aug 2005, 18:50 (Ref:1387680)

Giving it to Kimi would be too easy, so I'll give it to Button.

Knowlesy · 21 Aug 2005, 18:51 (Ref:1387681)

Worthwhile mentioning Monteiro, the Portuguese mental monkey.

**Adam43** · 21 Aug 2005, 18:52 (Ref:1387684)

Quote:

Originally Posted by GolddustMini

again montoya is missing from the list :/

Do you want him adding?

Quote:

Originally Posted by GolddustMini

gonna have to give the driver off the race to mr "my brakes dont work" jordan driver

Do you want him adding? Are these people actually contenders for driver of the race?

They can be added as I said, just ask.

GolddustMini · 21 Aug 2005, 18:53 (Ref:1387685)

nahhhhhh put me down for a button please

mp356a · 21 Aug 2005, 18:57 (Ref:1387686)

I also voted for Button but Klien was a close second. That lad does a good job against(with) an experienced teammate. Good race today, except for FW's squad, IMHO.
Mike

BootsOntheSide · 21 Aug 2005, 19:33 (Ref:1387733)

My vote went to Kimi. Jenson did well to fight back to finish 5th, but it was his own fault he had so much work to do.

Kicking-back · 21 Aug 2005, 19:38 (Ref:1387739)

Raikkonen.

Again.

Peerless.

chillibowl · 21 Aug 2005, 20:29 (Ref:1387784)

my vote is for kimi as well. excellent job maintaing his position ont the first lap and generally doing everything possible in order to keep his chances alive.
well done.

thejester · 21 Aug 2005, 21:53 (Ref:1387837)

Taking qualifying out of the equation as it's driver of the race - (not saying anyone else should, I chop and change this as suits meself) - I'll go for Button.

He impressed me with not only his classy overtaking but also his constant speed. Attacked the track all day and got every tenth out of his car I believe.

But then so did Kimi...ah, he gets plenty of my votes.

Nice to see Doornbos on the list!

JeremySmith · 21 Aug 2005, 23:42 (Ref:1387889)

He is a popular lad the Kimster, but to day my vote goes to Jenson Button! also a fine drive by JPM..

Gt_R · 22 Aug 2005, 00:32 (Ref:1387904)

My vote goes to Button. He provided most of the action today and overtook a fair amount. Really goes to prove his critics (and there were quite a few looking at the recent threads) about his quality as a driver.

Kimi would be close behind. A great car, great reliability...and a fitting result. Although he made a few small errors in picking his line etc, he did well to put a strong result.

runshaw · 22 Aug 2005, 00:37 (Ref:1387908)

Doornbos.

SetikX · 22 Aug 2005, 00:44 (Ref:1387909)

It amazes me so much that when webber lost 200ths of a second in qualifying that ten-tenths slaughtered sato, yet, when Mclaren get hindered theres hardly a rustle. If the same thing happened to webber there would be hoards of people wanting revenge! I give this to JPM - did a perfect job of playing kimi's rear man. He impressed me, I didnt think he would of played the team game, but he has and im very impressed.

Well done to JPM.

I voted for Kimi because JPM wasnt on the list, but if a mod can fix this itd be great

Ta.

mac · 22 Aug 2005, 01:29 (Ref:1387926)

Kimi just edges Button for me - but it is soooooo tight.

Schultz · 22 Aug 2005, 03:33 (Ref:1387955)

Sorry, but JPM went off all by himself after his colision with Monteiro.

Oaksnaf · 22 Aug 2005, 03:40 (Ref:1387957)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Schultz

Sorry, but JPM went off all by himself after his colision with Monteiro.

That is waht you call a damaged diffuser, a damaged diffuser leads to a loss of downforce, a loss of downforce, means you are more than likely going to loose it somewhere.

dsg · 22 Aug 2005, 03:50 (Ref:1387962)

Kimi gets my vote, but Button gets an honourable mention for a good fight back as a result of his qualifying error.

**Peter Mallett** · 22 Aug 2005, 04:19 (Ref:1387975)

Quote:

Originally Posted by BootsOntheSide

My vote went to Kimi. Jenson did well to fight back to finish 5th, but it was his own fault he had so much work to do.

This might deserve a thread of its own, but FWIW when I saw him going into that turn in qualifying I knew he would spin off. He was running so heavy that the rear of the car touched the track more than any other car (except maybe JV) so to be doing those times with that fuel load (and this was born out by the race) was impressive. Just think where he would have qualified if they ran a more comventional strategy?

Yes Kimi was mightily impressive, in fact perrless. Fisi just faded but not too far back.

Got to say that Monty doesn't look comfortable in the Macaroon. The "off" in the race was probably as a result of being rear ended.

Alonso couldn't have done more.

Trulli suffered from strategy.

DC and Klien put in a superb performance to out last any other team and then again Team Willy were frankly appalling. Got to be handling this time because their tyre troubles seemed to be of their own making.

So driver of the Race? Got to be Jenson. Not his fault he was down there at all, but to fight back and make some great textbook style passes gets my vote.

Interestingly I was in amongst many Ferrari fans and after Michael's demise they were all looking to Button's progress.

View Poll Results: Driver of Turkey 2005
Kimi Räikkönen	36	40.45%
Fernando Alonso	2	2.25%
Jenson Button	36	40.45%
Jarno Trulli	1	1.12%
David Coulthard	3	3.37%
Christian Klien	2	2.25%
Robert Doornbos	6	6.74%
Mark Webber	1	1.12%
Juan Pablo Montoya	2	2.25%
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