Vote for your 2025 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Driver of the Weekend

22 comments on “Vote for your 2025 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Driver of the Weekend”

1. 

   Osnola
   18th May 2025, 16:10

   Thats a very easy one: verstappen .
   Do not even write down arguments..just watch.
   1. 

      BasCB (@bascb)
      18th May 2025, 16:31

      Yeah, he did not quite nail pole, but was super close. He did it right after the start though, with a courageous and bold move and never really looked back.
      1. 

         BasCB (@bascb)
         18th May 2025, 16:32

         For me Norris was the second best with probably Albon and Sainz and certainly Hadjar as highlights, although Russel probably did as well as he could with how the pitstops and VSC/SC turned out.
         1. 

            Cdfemke
            18th May 2025, 18:36

            Norris did great even tho he didn’t have the advantage of the SC that Verstappen amd Piastri had. Could have made it difficult for Max if only mcLaren would start racing as a team for the team
2. 

   Jere (@jerejj)
   18th May 2025, 16:14

   DOTW: VER, DOTD: Ultimately also VER, with honorable mentions to ALB & TSU.
   1. 

      Jere (@jerejj)
      18th May 2025, 16:14

      I was supposed to type HAD instead of TSU, but I ended up taking off the former after having initially typed both.
      1. 

         BasCB (@bascb)
         18th May 2025, 16:33

         Given that Tsunoda crashed in qualifying, I would hesitate to have him as doing a remarkable job. He really just benefited from decent strategy and the VSC and SC situations.
         1. 

            James Supercave
            18th May 2025, 16:36

            I’m a huge Yuki fan yet I have to agree. Only sheer luck seems him scoring points. He was incredibly lucky to hold off Alonso who had to pass four cars to get onto his tail and only had 1.5 laps to catch and pass him and he still barely held on. He had one nice pass against Hulkenberg vs the four nice passes it took Alonso to get on his tail in a far slower car while also having a much better quali.
            1. 

               James Supercave
               18th May 2025, 16:37

               sees him*
3. 

   wsrgo (@wsrgo)
   18th May 2025, 16:17

   Franz Hermann
4. 

   James Supercave
   18th May 2025, 16:33

   Great pass by Max, but the positions were largely determined by sheer luck in this race.

   I’ll give a shout out to Alonso who not only had an amazing quali but had 4 amazing passes after the safety car and got to .101 of passing Yuki on the last lap. Of course, they showed none of them during the broadcast.

   Albon and Sainz both drove great races with radically different luck determining. Leclerc too, but he doesn’t have that hashtag blessed luck.
   1. 

      S Arkazam
      18th May 2025, 16:36

      Don’t forget about Hadjar!
      1. 

         El Pollo Loco
         18th May 2025, 16:38

         Love the guy, but like Hamilton, it took a lot of luck. However, it’s unfair to compare his weekend to Hamilton. Hadjar actually had a great weekend and utterly destroyed his teammate. Hamilton was just lucky.
         1. 

            S Arkazam
            18th May 2025, 21:29

            Hadjar drove very well. They way he stayed ahead of Andrea proved this.

            Hamilton had a solid race, but he wasn’t even the best Ferrari driver this weekend. No idea how he got 17% of the vote (so far).
5. 

   David BR (@david-br)
   18th May 2025, 17:03

   A lot of drivers performing at a consistent high level this season, including this weekend, but Verstappen is the clear standout for the brilliant opportunism to grab the lead and so the race win, also for second on the grid. Piastri drove fine but that slight gap as he focused on Russell in the mirrors was all Verstappen needed.
   1. 

      BasCB (@bascb)
      18th May 2025, 17:51

      Yeah, that was a bold move from Verstappen and exactly what he needed. Reacted perfectly to seeing how Piastri was compromising his line by keeping Russel boxed in and that was it really. I think Norris drove a far better race than Piastri today, although the pit call did hurt Piastri (does the driver get a say in that?
      1. 

         David (@nvherman)
         18th May 2025, 19:13

         @bascb

         the pit call did hurt Piastri (does the driver get a say in that?

         Not long prior to Piastri being told to box, he’d been on the radio saying he didn’t think his tyres would hold on for Plan A (which was presumed to be the 1 stop strategy), and I’m presuming that McLaren were watching Leclerc’s lap times following his switch to the hard rubber and wanted to avoid getting caught out by the undercut.

         Maybe if Piastri had been more confident of his medium tyres coming back to life, he’d have been more confident about not needing to pit when he did (which was very early)
6. 

   Jordi Casademunt (@casjo)
   18th May 2025, 17:58

   Voted for Hülkenberg because why not. He didn’t do great in qualifying but he put a dump truck in 12th with some VSC luck (which wasn’t that great because it forced him into a too long stint on mediums).
7. 

   PeteB (@peteb)
   18th May 2025, 18:04

   Hadjar, Albon and Max. All 3 put in great drives.
8. 

   Asanator (@asanator)
   18th May 2025, 18:21

   Dotw Albon/Hadjar. DOTD Leclerc.
9. 

   roadrunner (@roadrunner)
   18th May 2025, 20:58

   Verstappen, easy. Hadjar had a great weekend too. The Ferrari boys and Russell had good comeback drives.
10. 

    Jim from US (@jimfromus)
    18th May 2025, 21:08

    HAD is driving for the 2nd Red Bull car and deserves a shot.

    Will be funny to see what’s his name justifying keeping COL in the seat after 4 more weeks like this but they will keep COL in that seat regardless of results.

Comments are closed.