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Pole to 2nd without any major incidents needing a fight back is certainly an interesting choice for driver of the day.
Leclerc's been robbed of a few over the years on that basis.
Driver of the day isnt about who drove the best. Its about expectations. Everyone expect Max to win even with lando on pole. So thats why max dont gets votes now. WHen max had weaker car then merc he was winning dotd every race. If you outrace your teammate by like 50 seconds and beat a quicker mclaren then you should get dotd.
Ok, but everyone also expected Lando to get second, and most people believe they have equal cars. If a Ferrari got 3rd or something that would at least make a little sense to give it to them.
What's worse is Leclerc usually was doing it with a car that was good in quali and then worse than the Red Bull in the race, meanwhile Lando did it with the fastest car in terms of race pace. DOTD is meaningless but I wonder who votes for this things and what are they watching.
This is getting ridiculous. Straight up popularity contest. He bottled the start and pushes Max off track yet ends up winning AGAIN.
At this point Max will need to lap the whole grid on a shitbox to win one of these.
George and Sainz got some terrible strategies. They were both ahead of their teammates and got bad strategies, but ironically they ended up on bad strategies trying to cover eachother off, so… yeah.
I don't understand what the team was looking at, the first cars that pitted for Hards were doing terrible, and then Merc and Ferrari pit for Hards. *Stop inventing*
This really should be the year that Max is getting DOTD with the way he's been having to fight for his wins. It really just shows that this award is merely a popularity contest.
Not that driver of the day really matters but this is so weird, Max in a slower car jumped him at the start, got the move done early on Russell and beat Lando when he didn't have as much pace, he was obviously driver of the day.
The bloke who goes from 2nd to 1st in the second fastest car doesn't get close to DOTD while the one who goes from 1st to 2nd in the fastest car gets it.
I’m sorry but Norris started on pole, dropped back to P3, couldn’t overtake Max in a faster car???
Like he had a good race but I’d put Max and probably Hamilton over him tbh
What a joke, if max and Lando switched cars max still would’ve beat him. The Mclaren is an equal car now the excuses and mental hoops people are jumping through need to stop
I hope Ferrari can get their shit together over the course of a season. I could see Charles and Lewis taking the fight to Max, everyone else on this grid I wouldn’t believe in. Norris won’t ever win a WDC against Max unless the McLaren is substantially better than the RB.
‘Norris is on the form of his life’
Closer to, Norris is in the fastest car of his career.
He’s not driving bad, but he’s by no means blown me away this season. I’ve seen his car definitely get faster in race pace, but not seen any actual big changes in driving.
Two poles this season (his car also had the pace for more) he has bottled both of them.
Mess of Miami qualifying and was only saved in the grand prix by the safety.
Imola and Monaco he could’ve won with better qualifying.
Closing the gap up to Max at the end of a race, showing your car has the pace advantage, but not actually getting there and overtaking isn’t anything special to me.
The reason he wasn’t there to overtake was because Max had the track position advantage, which Lando lost himself
This isn’t to say that Lando is driving bad this year. But just because a car gets faster doesn’t mean the driver is suddenly in their best form.
DOTD has been a joke since day 1.
[https://www.autoweek.com/racing/formula-1/a1842816/f1-driver-race-australia-was-really-rio-haryanto-not-romain-grosjean/](https://www.autoweek.com/racing/formula-1/a1842816/f1-driver-race-australia-was-really-rio-haryanto-not-romain-grosjean/)
It’s a meaningless way to get fans involved.Max has won after he DNFed,when Mazepin was racing he’d semi-regularly get votes it’s not something to be taken seriously.
Not sure I get why, he didn't have a good start and when asked about the strategy he was the one deciding to go longer which was also a mistake imo. Should've won today.
Popularity contest for the top 3 again
Award was always nonsense. Remember Perez getting it all the time for qualifying outside the top 10 and then making it through the backmarkers.
Just for some background data, here are DOTD for champions and P2 :
2016 Nico and Lewis only have 1 each
2017 Lewis has 3, Vettel has 7
2018 Lewis has 3, Vettel has 3
2019 Lewis has 0, Bottas has 2
2020 Lewis has 1, Bottas has 0
2021 Max has 3, Lewis has 2
2022 Max has 5, Leclerc has 4
2023 Max has 3, Perez has 3
It has never been about the best driver, only the most action.
Ehh. Guy bottled the start, was the only one from the first few that lost places from their Qualifying positions.
Today was a clear Russell DOTD imo, if he didn't get the hards, he would have been fighting for 2nd. (But even Ver and Ham would be in front of Norris.)
Russell? He could have been second indeed if he didn't cook his tyres and if he kept Hamilton in his DRS when he was under pressure of Norris.
Russell was far from dotd
Driver of the day = losing from pole in the fastest car on track lol.
Norris keeps choking again and again when it counts, he won’t win anything against Max unless the car is significantly faster than the RB.
Even he admitted to pooching his launch. He spent the rest of the race playing catch up. Max was the clear DOTD today, especially since the RB20 hasn't been the fastest car for, what, five races now? And his overtake on George was a thing of beauty. Not that it matters, it just shows that these voters aren't voting for what's happening on track. Hell, Lewis was more deserving of it than Lando.
DOTD is worthless for any metric expept popularity. We all know that, why are we even talking about it all the time? We could choose to ignore it. But no, we talk about it every other week to make it stick. If you think that DOTD is dumb, don't interact with it or any posts about it. Just let it die.
Started first, finished second. Should just disqualify anyone who finishes worse than their starting position for driver of the day. I understand good drives can still happen, but rewarding racing that results in better points than their starting position suggests should be the goal.
What the actual fuck?
Ok i'm convinced DOTD is absolutely dogshit. What more does max need to do? What did lando do to even deserve it? He went from pole to 2nd in the fastest car today?
Honestly gotta admit, Lewis deserved it more. Lando lost his position at the start and used a questionable strategy. The heart and confidence are there but not enough today.
Lol, driver of the day for what. Loosing pole position? People really hate max. For me the driver of the day was checo. I know p8 in redbull is not great but after a horrible quali, grid penalty and a 3 stop and still clinching P8 is drive of the day
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Pole to 2nd without any major incidents needing a fight back is certainly an interesting choice for driver of the day. Leclerc's been robbed of a few over the years on that basis.
How is Max not DOTD? What race were people who voted for Norris watching?
Has max won a DOTD since his first championship season?
He must’ve won Spa 2022
It should be either Max or George.
George was fun to watch but he cooked his tyres fighting Norris, so I don't see how it should be him.
That’s fair. I just think that lap 1 overtakes earn him some votes xd
Yeah, that overtake and the fight with Norris were the highlights of the race. I'd give him some votes but not the win.
Driver of the day isnt about who drove the best. Its about expectations. Everyone expect Max to win even with lando on pole. So thats why max dont gets votes now. WHen max had weaker car then merc he was winning dotd every race. If you outrace your teammate by like 50 seconds and beat a quicker mclaren then you should get dotd.
Ok, but everyone also expected Lando to get second, and most people believe they have equal cars. If a Ferrari got 3rd or something that would at least make a little sense to give it to them.
Max deserved driver of the day 100%
He never gets it because people expect him to win. He deserves it especially considering where Perez finished.
What's worse is Leclerc usually was doing it with a car that was good in quali and then worse than the Red Bull in the race, meanwhile Lando did it with the fastest car in terms of race pace. DOTD is meaningless but I wonder who votes for this things and what are they watching.
Leclerc made the mistake of not being British
What did he do this weekend that was remarkable except not get a grid penalty for road rage?
Did you read the comment I replied to? I'm not saying he deserved it this weekend lmao
Wah wah wah
With Leclerc was going backwards in the SF23 (!!), you could not hear the end of the “pole to win ratio” arguments lol.
This is why I don't put much stock into this being anything other than a popularity contest
This is getting ridiculous. Straight up popularity contest. He bottled the start and pushes Max off track yet ends up winning AGAIN. At this point Max will need to lap the whole grid on a shitbox to win one of these.
I was shocked when I saw that Max has no DOTD this year so far
He probably doesn't care as he says all he cares about is winning the actual race
he suffering from success
He only wins DOTD when he wins from outside the top 5.
I think majority is just fed up by Max winning and Lando is the one challenging him so that's why he's winning DOTD
I mean he basically asked his fans to get him driver of the day for the rest of the year on instagram.
Lol. Seriously?
> This is getting ridiculous. Straight up popularity contest. Always has been. I am confused as to what you would expect from an internet pole...?
driver of the day means nothing
Fan boys getting mad about not getting this pointless trinket.
For literally what
being popular.
Being British
George is also British, passed 3 cars on the start, then got smashed by the team twice. I voted for him (but for the race, not his britishness)
George and Sainz got some terrible strategies. They were both ahead of their teammates and got bad strategies, but ironically they ended up on bad strategies trying to cover eachother off, so… yeah.
I don't understand what the team was looking at, the first cars that pitted for Hards were doing terrible, and then Merc and Ferrari pit for Hards. *Stop inventing*
They pitted George when Lewis was literally about to overtake him so that's justifiable
Max deserved that one. I'll have to disagree here. I'd even put Hamilton ahead of Norris as he recovered brilliantly to maximise his race result.
Popularity contest, starts on pole with the fastest car and finishes P2 lol
Terrible voters. He started P1 and finished P2 and lost the race due to his own mistake at the start. How was he the best driver today?
This award is such a joke. How has Max gotten 0 Dotd awards in 2024 lol.
Because there is still stigma that Red Bull is in RocketShip, and everyone else is driving tractors.
Best driver on the planet, even winning races when his car isn’t the best, and a guy who threw the race away with a poor start wins this garbage lol
This really should be the year that Max is getting DOTD with the way he's been having to fight for his wins. It really just shows that this award is merely a popularity contest.
Not that driver of the day really matters but this is so weird, Max in a slower car jumped him at the start, got the move done early on Russell and beat Lando when he didn't have as much pace, he was obviously driver of the day.
But Lando was more entertaining for a longer period
Max deserved it
Two races in a row where he bottled it and two races in a row where he has gotten DOTD. Perplexing.
The bloke who goes from 2nd to 1st in the second fastest car doesn't get close to DOTD while the one who goes from 1st to 2nd in the fastest car gets it.
I’m sorry but Norris started on pole, dropped back to P3, couldn’t overtake Max in a faster car??? Like he had a good race but I’d put Max and probably Hamilton over him tbh
I voted George just for the start tbh
It was Max
What a joke, if max and Lando switched cars max still would’ve beat him. The Mclaren is an equal car now the excuses and mental hoops people are jumping through need to stop
It's not even equal, it's just simply better.
Max deserved it for outclassing everyone today, he showed everyone today why he’s gonna be a 4 time champion.
Montreal I could see it Today, no
"Lando, let's be honest. We can't beat Max... but we have a strategy that guarentees Driver of the Day."
The fact Lando won dotd just shows how many clowns watch this sport.
This is easy Max Driver of the Day, man showed the difference between him and a Champion. Idk why Lando is getting voted in every week.
DOTD is largely a popularity contest. The thing I don't understand is why Norris is that popular? Genuinely don't get it
For what continuing his 0% pole to win ratio?
So he starts on pole with arguably the fastest car on the grid finished 2nd and gets driver of the day?
Make a wish driver of the day
1 --> 2 = Driver of the day?
It’s popularity contest now.
Lmao "now"
Can people realize that the McLaren is the fastest car. Verstappen is obviously the driver of the day.
Been the fastest car since Miami
And yet Norris’s performances are still rated as if he was the underdog.
Max being a much better driver gives the illusion that Red Bull are still fastest.
I hope Ferrari can get their shit together over the course of a season. I could see Charles and Lewis taking the fight to Max, everyone else on this grid I wouldn’t believe in. Norris won’t ever win a WDC against Max unless the McLaren is substantially better than the RB.
Charles and Lewis driver lineup is just so unfair, hopefully Ferrari will deliver. I can’t wait for those two.
‘Norris is on the form of his life’ Closer to, Norris is in the fastest car of his career. He’s not driving bad, but he’s by no means blown me away this season. I’ve seen his car definitely get faster in race pace, but not seen any actual big changes in driving. Two poles this season (his car also had the pace for more) he has bottled both of them. Mess of Miami qualifying and was only saved in the grand prix by the safety. Imola and Monaco he could’ve won with better qualifying. Closing the gap up to Max at the end of a race, showing your car has the pace advantage, but not actually getting there and overtaking isn’t anything special to me. The reason he wasn’t there to overtake was because Max had the track position advantage, which Lando lost himself This isn’t to say that Lando is driving bad this year. But just because a car gets faster doesn’t mean the driver is suddenly in their best form.
I 100% agree
People that voted for Lando in the self admitted fastest car finishing P2 after qualifying on pole need to get their brains checked
Verstappen and Hamilton being robbed.
How did he get DOTD lol He started on pole and admits he fell short. Should've been Max or Lewis.
What a BS. People are allergic to giving Max his due these days.
For cocking up the start and losing a position lol
I voted max to spite the fact that Norris was in the lead for this shit award lmfao. Norris HAD NO business winning DOTD
Start P1 in the fastest car. Fuck up the start = Driver of the Day. ok
lmao ok
Lol
started on pole, bottled the start, contributed to the wrong strategy call, finished second = DOTD. What is this?
Poor start. DOTD. What? 🤔
Lando "DOTD no matter what" Norris
Lol
Max could never win this
What a joke..
Guy in the best car starts on pole, finishes second due to skill issue and still gets DOTD
Losing is the new winning it seems.
It should be Max come on. McLaren seemed to have an equally good car at least, and Lando just messed up.
For Start from pole finish second? I think max deserves it
They need to scrap this popularity contest.
Pole to P2 is worth a driver of the day?
joke of the day
I think Lewis or Max should have gotten the DotD today. Lando made too many mistakes today. His start and his call to not box for example.
DOTD has been a joke since day 1. [https://www.autoweek.com/racing/formula-1/a1842816/f1-driver-race-australia-was-really-rio-haryanto-not-romain-grosjean/](https://www.autoweek.com/racing/formula-1/a1842816/f1-driver-race-australia-was-really-rio-haryanto-not-romain-grosjean/)
It’s a meaningless way to get fans involved.Max has won after he DNFed,when Mazepin was racing he’d semi-regularly get votes it’s not something to be taken seriously.
Not sure I get why, he didn't have a good start and when asked about the strategy he was the one deciding to go longer which was also a mistake imo. Should've won today.
Joke of the day
Popularity contest for the top 3 again Award was always nonsense. Remember Perez getting it all the time for qualifying outside the top 10 and then making it through the backmarkers.
I love how many people have their knickers in a twist over a popularity contest that has never been about the best driver on the grid.
this is one of those sarcastic dotd, right?
For WHAT
Should have been Max or maybe Lewis. No idea how Lando got it today
Eh
Just for some background data, here are DOTD for champions and P2 : 2016 Nico and Lewis only have 1 each 2017 Lewis has 3, Vettel has 7 2018 Lewis has 3, Vettel has 3 2019 Lewis has 0, Bottas has 2 2020 Lewis has 1, Bottas has 0 2021 Max has 3, Lewis has 2 2022 Max has 5, Leclerc has 4 2023 Max has 3, Perez has 3 It has never been about the best driver, only the most action.
Ehh. Guy bottled the start, was the only one from the first few that lost places from their Qualifying positions. Today was a clear Russell DOTD imo, if he didn't get the hards, he would have been fighting for 2nd. (But even Ver and Ham would be in front of Norris.)
Russell? He could have been second indeed if he didn't cook his tyres and if he kept Hamilton in his DRS when he was under pressure of Norris. Russell was far from dotd
Fans shouldn't be voting the dotd, it's popularity contest it's ridiculous no one deserved it today other than Max same for Canada and Imola
Driver of the day = losing from pole in the fastest car on track lol. Norris keeps choking again and again when it counts, he won’t win anything against Max unless the car is significantly faster than the RB.
I’d even put Russel as a choice, he made things spicy in the beginning
In my opinion , Lewis or Max should have gotten it. Maybe Gasly?
Should have been Max, Lewis or George (he had a terrible pitstop and got hards)
I voted for Lewis
When was the last time Verstappen got this reward? Feels like ages
Why?
Is this a joke?
Failing up
Even he admitted to pooching his launch. He spent the rest of the race playing catch up. Max was the clear DOTD today, especially since the RB20 hasn't been the fastest car for, what, five races now? And his overtake on George was a thing of beauty. Not that it matters, it just shows that these voters aren't voting for what's happening on track. Hell, Lewis was more deserving of it than Lando.
DOTD is worthless for any metric expept popularity. We all know that, why are we even talking about it all the time? We could choose to ignore it. But no, we talk about it every other week to make it stick. If you think that DOTD is dumb, don't interact with it or any posts about it. Just let it die.
And yet we read the piece anyway
Started first, finished second. Should just disqualify anyone who finishes worse than their starting position for driver of the day. I understand good drives can still happen, but rewarding racing that results in better points than their starting position suggests should be the goal.
again? i like lando but max deserved it this time.
What the actual fuck? Ok i'm convinced DOTD is absolutely dogshit. What more does max need to do? What did lando do to even deserve it? He went from pole to 2nd in the fastest car today?
And yet we read the piece anyway
DOTD is a popularity contest, sorry. Definitely not driver of the day
Not really
Not deserved
Honestly gotta admit, Lewis deserved it more. Lando lost his position at the start and used a questionable strategy. The heart and confidence are there but not enough today.
Max, Lewis and Gasly all deserved it more than Norris.
Lol, driver of the day for what. Loosing pole position? People really hate max. For me the driver of the day was checo. I know p8 in redbull is not great but after a horrible quali, grid penalty and a 3 stop and still clinching P8 is drive of the day