Autosport awards revisited

[WhiteBlue]

Unfortunately the previous thread is now locked so I have to open another one.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.ph ... ostpopular
Vettel won the international driver award.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/104699
Button won British competition driver

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/104693
Peter Sauber won the Bolster Award

So some predictions were wildly off the mark. Congratulations to Sebastian Vettel and Jenson Button. They both had a good season and deserved the Awards. I wish the runner ups Hamilton and Alonso more luck next season.

This post was edited to show the proper URL for the Button award report

[SilverArrow]

As a motorsport fan I am greatly offended.

[TzeiTzei]

Why not just call it the F1 awards? Doesnt seem they looked much elsewhere.

[Raptor22]

As a motorsport fan I feel the right man won the driver of the year award. A true sportsman. Congrats MR Vettel

[Sevach]

Hamilton is British right???

I guess leaving Mclaren must have brought negative points

[bhall]

The other thread was locked because of what this thread will become.

[raymondu999]

I forgot that the awards had happened!

Anyone know of a YouTube copy?

[jdlive]

The import thing in life is not winning, it is to be hugged on the streets and being called samurai.

[raymondu999]

The import thing in life is not winning, it is to be hugged on the streets and being called samurai.

Honestly? The thread's been healthy so far - and you have to bring this up?

[jdlive]

Healthy would not exactly be the term to use for such words. People have been put in asylums for less than that.

[GrizzleBoy]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.ph ... ostpopular
Button won British competition driver

Why?

[Raptor22]

I believe he is refering to the reaction in Germany after Vettel won a 3rd WDC by beating that other fella.....i forget his name....... Sounds like an ABBA song...........

[Nando]

So who did Button pay off?
I´d like to read the criteria to get that award. "to get it you must be beaten by your teammate"

[andrewf1]

So who did Button pay off?
I´d like to read the criteria to get that award. "to get it you must be beaten by your teammate"

It doesn't even stop at that, it's more like: "to get it you must be beaten by your british teammate"

Nobody knows why he won the award, but everybody knows now the award loses any credibility or value. He probably took some of the voters out to dinner too. Or helped some more old ladies cross the road as they showed in Tooned.

If it were called 'Most popular/ apparently nicest driver award' it would've been ok, but 'British Driver of the Year Award' - after the man himself recently said it has been his worst season at Mclaren - is a travesty.

[raymondu999]

I get why Button won it last year - I don't get why he won it this year. Perhaps they saw Lewis' move as one caused by Button playing intra-team politics and forcing Lewis out mentally? I don't know - complete guess.