[Official] Driver of the Grand Prix: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2023

[Born Racer]

Who is the driver of the last Grand Prix of the season?

[Greem]

Tsunoda by a country mile. What a way to thank Herr Tost.

[bjohnsonsmith]

Leclerc. You don't usually see a sporting gesture like that.

[GT6]

Charles gets my vote this week

[E.B]

Originally Posted by Greem

Tsunoda by a country mile. What a way to thank Herr Tost.

This. He got my vote too. His fightback and 'over and under' on the final part of the last lap to repass Lewis on the run to the flag was the best move of the race.

[Guthrie]

Yuki Tsunoda deservingly got that Driver of the Day! Great job.

[Teretonga]

Yuki for me.
After all the rubbish spoken about him, he scores a highest ever grid position, leads the race briefly due to his one stop penalty and scores his highest ever points haul on his team boss' last day in the position.

Yes, Leclerc was good, Perez got passes done, the papaya twins did good, George saved his teams bacon, Max got his 1000 leading laps, but Yuki got my vote.

[TrapezeArtist]

Like many, I was impressed by Yuki. Also Charles, George and Lando. However I’ll award my final DOGP to Max for another dominant performance in an awesome season.

[S griffin]

Gonna give it to Tsunoda for a decent drive and having his moment of glory of leading for a few laps

[Aysedasi]

In what was an exceptionally dull event, I'll give it to Yuki as well.

[Notso Swift]

Yuki was dating a 6' supermodel all weekend

[P38 in workshop]

Originally Posted by Aysedasi

In what was an exceptionally dull event, I'll give it to Yuki as well.

I agree with both of those comments.I would also suggest it gives the guys at Milton Keynes some food for thought when considering who to put in the car for 2025.It now looks like needing to select from three credible candidates.

[Teretonga]

Originally Posted by P38 in workshop

I agree with both of those comments.I would also suggest it gives the guys at Milton Keynes some food for thought when considering who to put in the car for 2025.It now looks like needing to select from three credible candidates.

Agreed.
2024 will interesting.
Yuki has the credits for being seriously considered.
Daniel has history and reputation but needs to comprehensively beat Yuki and seriously match Perez' performance to be a valid replacement.
Then Liam was able to run with Yuki in his few appearances, even though a complete rookie.

[AndreasDavour]

I think Yuki impressed most of all, and I really can't see any hope for Danny Ric to move up to RB. What would be bring? A nice smiling face that runs miles behind the star? They have a driver now that does that, lacking the smile. I would try to put Yuki in the car instead, it surely can't be worse.


I also think Alonso drove a really decent race. Kudos.


Russel was impressively fast, but the Merc seems to be so volatile you never know what's the driver, the wind or just the soup of the day.

[TrapezeArtist]

Originally Posted by AndreasDavour

I think Yuki impressed most of all, and I really can't see any hope for Danny Ric to move up to RB. What would be bring? A nice smiling face that runs miles behind the star? They have a driver now that does that, lacking the smile. I would try to put Yuki in the car instead, it surely can't be worse.

Looking at Yuki's season as a whole though, I don't think he's shown he would be up to the mark. Ditto for Danny Pic. Liam Lawson did exceptionally well when deputising for DR so should be a contender. HOWEVER, the second seat at RBR has not been a happy place for most of the youngsters who have sampled it, so I hope he doesn't get it immediately. Give him some learning time first.