Your Highlights of the 2016 F1 season

[nevill3]

What were your personal highlights or unforgettable memories of this year?

For me Alonso's crash at the beginning of the year sticks in my mind and I can vividly recall the horror and relief I felt at the time. Ricciardo's despair in Monaco stands out as a low point for one of my favourite drivers and Max's bravery and skill in Brazil will live with me for a long time.


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[NathanOlder]

High point: Haas debut, great , no AMAZING result for the new boys in the paddock, and I also think Lewis' Monaco race where, yes he was allowed pass Nico by the team, but he paid them back by being about 2 seconds away from Lapping Nico come the end of the race.


Low point: Easy, Hamilton's engine blow up, just when you thought he was being given a fair chance to fight, he was yet again dealt a blow which tied his hands behind his back yet again.

[Facts Only]

High: "Here's my message to Charlie, --- you Charlie, --- You"

Low: Hamiltons engine in Malaysia, I think it put a downer on the end of the season fight.

[Manoah2u]

Lewis Hamilton fighting back on a big points defecit to lead the WDC
Lewis Hamilton losing all of that again by yet another technical issue in Malaysia
Lewis Hamilton jumping back to keep the WDC fight alive until the last race

Rosberg being calm af and probably winning the WDC

Max Verstappen's Brazil GP race
Max Verstappen winning his 1st race with Red Bull
Max Verstappen's notorious defense capabilities

Alonso's crash with Guiterrez
Alonso's races in Mexico and Brazil

Kvyat getting booted by Marko after the Russian GP

HAAS' achievements in the first race

Vettel's frustration with Ferrari
Vettel's inappropriate radio behaviour
Vettel's wrecking ball moves in 4 races in a row
Vettel's wrecking ball moves on his own teammate

Rosberg and Lewis taking eachother out in Spain

Singapore safety car restart whilst people on the track

2016 Qualification system.

Kvyat's wrecking ball moves ( funny enough on Vettel who took the ball from him )

Grosjean qualifiying P7 then trashing his car on the effin gridlap.
Guitterrez finally getting socked like he deserves then acting like a **s and getting in a 'fight' with his team'boss'

Magnussen's SPA crash

Wehrlein having great moments but getting schooled by Ocon and nobody wanting to hire him

Massa's Brazil goodbye

Aussie fans arrested in Malaysia for underwear stupidity

[FrukostScones]

2016 was pretty bad. Especially for Ferrari.

Highlights:
VES winning BCN.
VES stupid moves. And the gossip.
ALO delusional TR.
VET TR.
And the gossip.

Monaco and Silverstone were good. Some others too. But HAM vs. ROS is boring.

I thinnk HAM will still win WDC.

and

2017 will be worse. (especially for Ferrari )

I expect RB to be 2sec in front of all. VES will win WDC, RIC fans will cry.

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[Juzh]

Some good overtakes up until 1 motnh ago:

Suzuka 2016 Hulkenberg on Bottas https://streamable.com/cni1
Suzuka 2016 Raikkonen on Perez and Palmer https://my.mixtape.moe/lthlle.mp4
Singapore 2016 Raikkonen on Hamilton https://my.mixtape.moe/hbdxcl.mp4
Monza 2016 Ricciardo on Bottas https://my.mixtape.moe/xkftad.mp4
Monza 2016 Verstappen on Hulkenberg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KwGDn0yP7I
Spa 2016 Perez on Massa https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/feat ... ction.html (5th video)
Hockenheim 2016 Gutierrez on Magnussen https://streamable.com/kcc5
Silverstone 2016 Verstappen on Rosberg https://streamable.com/vav2
Sochi 2016 Magnussen on Ricciardo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bPP7qKkgC4
Monaco 2016 Gutierrez on Raikkonen https://streamable.com/ysxi
Shanghai 2016 Vettel on Bottas https://streamable.com/a3zy
Melbourne 2016 Sainz on Perez https://streamable.com/2pvb

[Pierce89]

Verstappen will definitely be what 2016 is remembered for in the future. He has even out headlined Lewis.(which now that I think about might get in Lew's head as he's all about being THE f1 celebrity)

[nokivasara]

Highlights of the year would be:
*unsportsmanlike conduct. In several races this year we have seen pretty nasty moves with drivers taking out each other or forcing the other part to drive off to avoid contact. More so than any other year that I can remember. At least since the one-car-width-rule.

*RedBull/TR swapping drivers mid season.

*Midfield teams very evenly matched, next year would have been very interesting if they'd continued with these regs.

*Max. Lucky first win, then some borderline moves leading to a lot of criticism (and rightly so) but seems to have adjusted and has been driving very nicely the last races. His race in Brazil was mind blowing.

*Poor stategies. Both Ferrari and Sauber has lost quite a few points (or places in Saubers case) due to horrible pit wall decisions.

That's what I'll remember from 2016. 2017 can't start soon enough.

[Jolle]

Spain.

I try to plan everyday life on race sundays around the races but that weekend I promised my wife and a few friends to have a burger at the Veggie festival in Rotterdam ("Just like your mom" are damn good burgers). Anyway, the weeks before of course the news that VES would join RBR and the Dutch press went mad! The thing with Dutch press is that they tend to blow it right out of proportion, while I suspected that in true Dutch style VES would crash in the first corner. But. Then the race. I watched the start, with my coat on, ready to go when the Mercedes boys took each other out and suddenly everything was possible, with in mind that "winning" isn't a Dutch trade (see: football team). My "yeah buts" didn't help. It was time to go...

So I ate my burger, follows the race on my iPhone on a blog and what seems to be impossible happened. A Verstappen won!

I drank a beer, big smile on my face (nobody had any idea), raced home to watch the final few laps in C4+1...

My wife is British, from a racing minded family but only wants to watch when Button (or Valentino Rossi) do well

The next race in Monaco, it was of course Dutch business as usual.

[ME4ME]

Probably my highlight of the season:


F1 produces quite a lot of overtakes, yet most of them are single passes, the majority DRS assisted. Seldom do we see actual multiple-corner wheel to wheel battle. It's almost like a unicorn in F1, which is a shame. The battle in Malaysia produced the best battle this season in my opinion.

[Shrieker]

+I'm surprised no one has mentioned this. Hamilton vs. Rosberg on the last lap of the Austrian GP.

+Absolute thriller. Too bad we did not get to see as many on track battles between them as we should've had.

+Crazy Verstappen.

-If I have to call out lows... Hamilton's shockingly bad starts in Melbourne, Monza and Suzuka; especially the latter two. Bottas crashing into him in Bahrain, making an extremely boring race at the front. HAM crash in Baku qualifying, which cost a lot of points. Dismal Singapore weekend in which he looked very ordinary.

-Extremely arrogant Verstappen. What a turn off (he got some skill to back it tho).

-Inconsistent stewarding/execution of the rules, or not enforcing them at all. Some boring grands prix.

+Overall, it was a good, fun, enjoyable season imho.

[ClarkBT11]

Ricciardo's radio comments about Gutiérrez.

[F1NAC]

Useless ultrasoft tyre. Maybe pirelli should spend their money on proper wet tyre

[Pierce89]

Alonso at Spa or COTA.