25/12/2016
NEWS STORY
For those without the time - or the inclination - to check out the Pitpass end of season podcast, we thought you might still be interested to know what the team; Mat Coch, Max Noble and editor Chris Balfe, thought of 'Season Past'.
Then again, with so much rubbish on TV over the holiday, or forced to spend time talking to friends and relatives you're already bored to death with (after half-an-hour) what better excuse to disappear for just over an hour.
Anyway, Mat Coch came up with the categories, and unlike last year the team didn't share their nominations in advance.
On the other hand, showing his customary failure to ignore team orders - a rare thing in F1 - editor Balfe, in most cases, only names one choice in each category instead of the customary three.
Overtake of the year
Coch
3rd: Kimi Raikkonen on Sergio Perez and Jolyon Palmer in Japan
2nd: Max Verstappen on Nico Rosberg in Brazil
1st: Nico Rosberg on Max Verstappen in Abu Dhabi
Noble
3rd: Daniel Ricciardo for numerous passes over the course of the season
2nd: Max Verstappen on Nico Rosberg in Brazil
1st: Nico Rosberg on Max Verstappen in Abu Dhabi
Balfe
3rd: Daniel Ricciardo for his numerous passes over the course of the season.
2nd: Nico Rosberg on Max Verstappen in Abu Dhabi
1st: Max Verstappen on Nico Rosberg in Brazil
Personality of the year
Coch
Daniel Ricciardo
Noble
Joint Daniel Ricciardo and Lewis Hamilton
Balfe
Daniel Ricciardo
Race of the year
Coch
3rd: Spain
2nd: Brazil
1st: Abu Dhabi
Noble
Brazil
Balfe
Brazil with an honorary mention to Baku which for some reason wasn't named best organised race of the year.
Memorable Moment of the Year
Coch
3rd: Max Verstappen's win in Spain
2nd: The first lap incident in Spain involving the Mercedes duo
1st: Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen battling in Malaysia
Noble
3rd: The Red Bull duel in Malaysia
2nd: Anytime Nico and Lewis got close to one another
1st: Lewis Hamilton and Justin Bieber in Monaco
Balfe
3rd: Fernando Alonso in Brazil (keepy-uppy, the deckchair and then the camera work
2nd: Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton and the seagulls in Canada
1st: Sebastian Vettel's outburst to Charlie Whiting
Innovation of the Year
Noble
2nd: Bernie Ecclestone for his numerous ideas - all of which should be ignored
1st: Pirelli
Balfe
The third compound
Team of the Year
Coch
Haas
Noble
3rd Mercedes
2nd: Force India
1st: Haas
Balfe
Force India
Driver of the Year
Coch
3rd: Lewis Hamilton
2nd: Nico Rosberg
1st: Max Verstappen
Noble
3rd: Max Verstappen
2nd: Kimi Raikkonen
1st: Nico Rosberg
Balfe
3rd: Lewis Hamilton
2nd: Max Verstappen
1st: Daniel Ricciardo