2004 Jabba's F1 Awards

[Ill Dottore]

I don't know if this was done in the past, but it's time to give out the vases to the winners and losers in F1 2004. Nominate your favourites in the following 15 categories:

1. Driver of the year
Who did the best job over the 16 races?

2. Drive of the year
Who made you watch in wonderment?

3. Best Grand Prix
Which race made you sit back in amazement?

4. Qualifier of the year
Whose Saturday efforts caught your eye?

5. Qualifying lap of the year
Which single lap effort made you jump off your seat?

6. Overtaking manoeuvre of the year
Which pas made you draw breath?

7. Car of the year
Who put the best package together?

8. Crash test dummy of the year
Who made you shut your eyes when he was heading towards a barrier?

9. Quote of the year
Whose small phrase made a big impression on you?

10. Snail of the year
Who almost got lapped by the safety car?

11. Best rule change
Which new regulation was hot?

12. Worst rule change
Which new regulation was not?

13. Super Sub of the year
Who filled someone else's shoes well?

14. Defining moment of the year
Which moment turned the season?

15. Favourite moment of the season
Which moment had you shouting out loud?

[nthfinity]

to the races i was able to watch...not read about
1. Driver of the year
no doubt to M. Shumacher

2. Drive of the year
M. Shumacher @ monza, definately

3. Best Grand Prix
Monza, definately

4. Qualifier of the year
Rubens Berichello... , Micheal Shumacher...Jenson Button is much improved...

5. Qualifying lap of the year
Which single lap effort made you jump off your seat?
Rubens, i think @ belguim

6. Overtaking manoeuvre of the year
Cleanest passing in the series of esses at... was it belgium? by JPM of MS

7. Car of the year
Ferrari... notable greatness of the BAR Honda too

8. Crash test dummy of the year
Ralf Shumacher @ the USGP... closely followed to Buttons 180mph blowout

9. Quote of the year
uh... martin brundle is the john madden of F1... oh, i made that up

10. Snail of the year
i never saw it, but if it were to happen... those Mercedes Mclarens were retiring out an awful lot this season

11. Best rule change
qualifying lap, tire choice , and fuel carryover

12. Worst rule change
no turbo charged F1 cars

13. Super Sub of the year
Who filled someone else's shoes well?

14. Defining moment of the year
3rd place was somebody different with regularaty

15. Favourite moment of the season
MS spinning in the first lap of Monza only to take 9th, and gain steadily to 2nd @'home' field

[FerrariKiller]

1. Driver of the year
Jenson Button

2. Drive of the year
I enjoyed watching the Renault drivers fight those finicky cars.

3. Best Grand Prix
Spa, very glad it made it back on the schedule.

4. Qualifier of the year
Rubens

5. Qualifying lap of the year
Juan Pablo in the wet on dry tires at Suzuka, he had his hands full.

6. Overtaking manoeuvre of the year
There was overtaking in 2004?

7. Car of the year
BAR made huge strides.

8. Crash test dummy of the year?
Ralf learned why IRL drivers have such high insurance premiums.

9. Quote of the year
"We do not have any engine problems." -Ron Dennis in the middle of the Mclaren Diasaster, that was the first half of the season.

10. Snail of the year
Minardi fell further from the grid.

11. Best rule change
Elimination of launch control( a step towards the outlaw of traction control)

12. Worst rule change
I'm not a fan of the engine rule.

13. Super Sub of the year
Timo Glock filling in at Jordan.

14. Defining moment of the year
When Trulli broke Schumi's streak.

15. Favourite moment of the season
Kimi winning soundly at Spa

[sameerrao]

1. Driver of the year
1. Michael Schumacher
.....
2. Jenson Button
3. Kimi Raikonnen

2. Drive of the year
Nothing that special this year but ...
Kimi Raikonnen at Spa is one of them

3. Best Grand Prix
Silverstone

4. Qualifier of the year
Kimi in POS Mclaren, Michael for most of the year

5. Qualifying lap of the year
Jenson v/s Michael @ Imola

6. Overtaking manoeuvre of the year
JPM on Michael on the new entrance to the bus-stop @ Spa

7. Car of the year
Ferrari

8. Crash test dummy of the year
Trulli at Silverstone

9. Quote of the year
Mclaren will never win a race this year ... i will run naked in Silverstone if this happens - British Journo

10. Snail of the year
Baumgartner

11. Best rule change
None

12. Worst rule change
None

13. Super Sub of the year
A. Pizzonia

14. Defining moment of the year
Michaels 12 wins out of 13 races - ultimate superiority

15. Favourite moment of the season
Overtaking at Spa

[Toronto]

1. Driver of the year
Michael Schumacher

2. Drive of the year
Schumi at china to set the fastest lap on the last lap of the race

3. Best Grand Prix
Montreal (cause I saw it live)

4. Qualifier of the year
Michael Schumacher

5. Qualifying lap of the year
Sato @ motreal he was on track for a track record but spun out at the last turn and still beat most people!

6. Overtaking manoeuvre of the year


7. Car of the year
Ferrari

8. Crash test dummy of the year
Kimi when his rear wing went

9. Quote of the year
"Button in on track to win a GP by the end of the year" -f1 mag writer


10. Snail of the year
Baumgartner

11. Best rule change
no launch control

12. Worst rule change
no launch control

13. Super Sub of the year
Glock

14. Defining moment of the year
When Schumi.....

15. Favourite moment of the season
Webber getting out of the car and getting treated for burns on his ass!

[Max Power]

pretty much the same for the rest
15. Fav moment of the season
Shumi smashing his helmet after getting Fucked over by JBM and Monaco.....not really unless montoya was on the receiving end

[ZfrkS62]

1. Driver of the year
R. Barrichello. Yeah, Schumi won, but Barrichello is the only one i saw consistently pushing him race after race.

2. Drive of the year
Monza. Schumacher. start form pitlane, spin, finish 2nd. :shock:

3. Best Grand Prix
Monaco. Two tunnel crashes, one resulting in some colorful sign language. and an engine explosion on the water front that resulted in Massa getting airborne over Coulthard, and Trulli ends up on the top spot on the podium!

4. Qualifier of the year
Schumi. he always seems to have the best improved times from friday's sessions to Saturday's final run.

5. Qualifying lap of the year
never got to see any qualifying runs

6. Overtaking manoeuvre of the year
attempted pass: Takuma Sato's dive down the inside of Barichello at the Ring ( i think it was the Ring) on turn 1 in the closing laps. (maybe it was Hungoraring)

7. Car of the year
Ferrari. outside of them, i'd say Williams in the latter half.

8. Crash test dummy of the year
thats a toss up between Raikkonenn and R.Schumacher. Kimi's was entertaining, "going good...brakes nowwwwwwhoa shit, why am i dizzy?"
Ralf was unfortunate. i'll call it a tie.

9. Quote of the year
"I could a Driver's Championship in a BAR" Coulthard showing his bizarre sense of humor.


10. Snail of the year
Zsolt Baumgartner..i think even i could have done better than him this year.

11. Best rule change
no launch control- nice to see a little more of the driver's talents being used.

12. Worst rule change
1 engine per weekend

13. Super Sub of the year
Pizzonia

14. Defining moment of the year
Schmaucher's wreck in Monaco. It finally showed that he is human after all

15. Favourite moment of the season
Ralf Schumacher coming in 2nd in his return race.

[possessed_beaver]

1. Driver of the year
Jesnson Button

2. Drive of the year
Schumi when he would go out for the first practive lap, after all the teams had been out for 20minutes, first flying lap he would oftern beat the lap record by 1 second!

3. Best Grand Prix
Amerian - a case of "who will crash next"

4. Qualifier of the year
Whose Saturday efforts caught your eye?

5. Qualifying lap of the year
Juan Pablo

6. Overtaking manoeuvre of the year
overtaking, u mean the leaders laping the slow cars?

7. Car of the year
BAR, fucking insane!

8. Crash test dummy of the year
kimi at silverstone, funny seeing him throw a stearing wheel worth 20grand into the car.

9. Quote of the year
"well.. i think thats an engine problem" i believe it was james while commentating, and there been a 10m flame comming out the back of a mclaren during a race,
also when they where interviewing minardi during the race, paul stodart commented that "the race was going well, and by the end of it they are hoping for a top 10 finish" when currentley dead last..

10. Snail of the year
Mclaren - as they headed for the grass following an exploding engine

11. Best rule change
no launch control, althoe the teams have found a way around it by not feeding so much fuel to the engine...

12. Worst rule change
still alowing them the choice of 100tyre compounds! i dont want the commontators to be talking about the cars tyres the whole race!

13. Super Sub of the year
duno :roll:

14. Defining moment of the year
when a frount left suspension gave way in a certian tunnel

15. Favourite moment of the season
webber not been able to launch a car from 2nd or 3rd on the grid, he got himself there, but coulden't take off without been swamed with 20 cars and losing alot of positions!