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[lbennie]

They aren't going to open voting after the race.

 

This crap wasn't done for us. It was done for the casuals, which make up the bulk of their incoming $ and lose interest in all things F1 as soon as the race is over.

[Nemo1965]

So Max wins this weeks "Dunce" Of The Day award then, it was broken in Australia and it's still broken today.  Best it was scrapped and the FIA stop trying to interact with the people, they clearly suck at it.  Maybe a panel of pit-lane journalists could make it work but the current system has to go.

 

Nah. The system sucks, but just as much as the driver ratings of many professional journalists who do the driver ratings on motorsport-sites. Take Max Verstappen. Clearly he was NOT the driver of the race in Austin. Then again: often he gets a 7 (say a B-minus) on Autosport when I think: oooookaaaaaay... where did that come from? Then, clearly, the journalist in question thinks: 'I think Verstappen is hyped.' And it results in equally wishy-washy ratings as that of the fans.

 

My suggestion: make a a system that is based on the number of overtakes and/or positions gained from the start, rounded of with a comparison with the teammate, both in lap-times and in positions.

[SophieB]

They aren't going to open voting after the race.

 

This crap wasn't done for us. It was done for the casuals, which make up the bulk of their incoming $ and lose interest in all things F1 as soon as the race is over.

 

You were able to vote after the race at first, they changed it a few races ago.

[Rinehart]

It's kind of a pointless award but it doesn't really hurt anything, so why not I suppose?  

Exactly, it's not difficult to ignore this tacky popularity contest! 

[lbennie]

You were able to vote after the race at first, they changed it a few races ago.

 

I know, I suspect this was one of the reasons for the change though.

 

They wanted a man of the match award presented at the end.

[SophieB]

Keith Collantine‏ @keithcollantine 11m11 minutes ago

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The outcome of the Driver of the Day poll is under investigation. It doesn't get much more F1 than that... https://www.racefans.net/2019/07/01/f1-investigating-technical-fault-after-kubica-is-voted-driver-of-the-day/ … #F1 #AustrianGP

 

 

Formula 1 Management is investigating a technical fault with its Driver of the Day poll for the Austrian Grand Prix.

 

 

The poll was topped by Robert Kubica, who finished last of the 20 drivers, three laps down.

A Formula 1 spokesperson confirmed to RaceFans they encountered “a technical problem which is currently under investigation”

Kubica is listed as the winner of the poll on the official Formula 1 website, but the breakdown of how many votes each driver received has not yet been published.

 

[NixxxoN]

This farce should be removed already, people cannot take it seriously and need to troll, so out

[SenorSjon]

https://www.gptoday....iver-of-the-day

 

Vele Nederlandse fans klaagden na afloop van de race dat ze een rare fout zagen toen ze hun stem ingediend hadden voor de 'Driver of the Day'. Na het bevestigen van hun stem voor Verstappen kregen zij de melding 'dank voor het stemmen op Robert Kubica'.

 

Many Dutch fans complained after the race that they saw a weird error after voting for the Driver of the Day. After confirmation of their vote for Verstappen, they got the notification: Thank you for voting on Robert Kubica.

[pdac]

I just think this hilarious. If someone hacked the poll, I do hope they will continue to. I'd love to see RK win every time (especially if he comes last - which seems likely)

[PayasYouRace]

Public voting doesn't work. It just ends up as a political popularity contest.

 

Even using the Codemasters method of just picking the driver who has made up the most positions would be fairer most of the time.

[Clatter]

Keith Collantine‏ @keithcollantine 11m11 minutes ago


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The outcome of the Driver of the Day poll is under investigation. It doesn't get much more F1 than that... https://www.racefans.net/2019/07/01/f1-investigating-technical-fault-after-kubica-is-voted-driver-of-the-day/… #F1 #AustrianGP

So the technical difficulty would be people not voting for the right person.

[BRK]

LOL. I bet the fans thought they were being trolled

[renzmann]

this is amazing

 

i tried voting for norris, but the page wouldn't load. guess they already had found out something was wrong.

[NoForumForOldPole]

The best Kubica trolling would be if one voted Russell and got that message 🤣

[Afterburner]

If this wasn’t a hack, it’s a matter of time before it gets hacked, honestly...

[pdac]

I think that the result should still stand unless they can categorically prove that people were voting for other drivers and those votes were being allocated to the wrong drivers. And just because someone says that's what happened does not constitute proof.

 

I say let history show that Robert Kubica was the driver of the day.

[Marklar]

In my heart Rio Haryanto is still the first Driver of the Day.

[Garndell]

They must also block certain people from voting as it hasn't appeared for me since Australia.

[SenorSjon]

Is that true?   Oh poor them, they could not place his default biased vote to Max, boo hoo.

In yesterday's race he deserved it but they still always vote him by default

 

Yet no dutchie wins the F-E fanboost that always has the same winners.

[P123]

It was back to the glory days of Haryanto winning it. Who takes it seriously? I've only voted twice- once for Haryanto, another time for Vettel.

[P123]

https://www.gptoday....iver-of-the-day
 
 
 
 
Many Dutch fans complained after the race that they saw a weird error after voting for the Driver of the Day. After confirmation of their vote for Verstappen, they got the notification: Thank you for voting on Robert Kubica.

I guess Dutch fans are among the few who think it important to put a vote in!

[Bleu]

I found funny tweet regarding that DOTD voting - Majority of those who watched the race excluding Kubica fans were so excited for the race-winning battle that they forgot to vote.

[SophieB]

It was back to the glory days of Haryanto winning it. Who takes it seriously? I've only voted twice- once for Haryanto, another time for Vettel.

 

I sure don't, but I wouldn't like the idea of it being hijacked to make fun of struggling drivers. I think they should just quietly drop it, personally.

[mjjTT]

If I look at the list of DOTD winners, than it doesn't look like a very biased. https://www.formula1...BdwuDIvXb8.html

 

Since you need to login on the formula 1 page, the silly or multiple voting doesn't seem to happen as much.

[Marklar]

lol, so that technical error was basically 70 % off or what?   

 

 

On Sunday, a technical error resulted in Williams’ Robert Kubica being declared the winner after he was incorrectly allocated a number of votes.

 

However, following verification, we can reveal that Verstappen scooped 74% of the public vote, with long-time leader Charles Leclerc receiving 11% and Carlos Sainz 7% for his brilliant run from P19 on the grid to P8.

https://www.formula1...H1F0oDskOs.html

[muramasa]

I wonder what the total vote count is, I only voted once at the very first or 2nd vote and since then never ever voted, and seldom remember about it either in the first place. One time I thought "oh maybe i participate in that dotd vote thing today" and tried to vote shortly after the race finish but to my dismay it was already closed, seems voting gets closed almost as soon as the flag is waved...come to think it gets announced in official feed very soon after the race is over? well I couldnt care less anyway, so I just wonder who on earth is voting and how many people are actually voting.

[MurMur80]

This is pathetic. FOM bending over for Dutch fans. 

[Nonesuch]

I guess Dutch fans are among the few who think it important to put a vote in!

 

It would be quite amusing if this Dutch-led complaining led to the practise being abolished.

 

After all, it was just last year that the Netherlands abolished the national referendum because people kept voting wrong, sorry, because it 'didn't bring what the government expected it would'.

 

But anyway, I thought the whole point of online polls was to make sure the most outlandish or ridiculous option won. That's half the fun!

[bibliophagos]

I wonder what the total vote count is, I only voted once at the very first or 2nd vote and since then never ever voted, and seldom remember about it either in the first place. One time I thought "oh maybe i participate in that dotd vote thing today" and tried to vote shortly after the race finish but to my dismay it was already closed, seems voting gets closed almost as soon as the flag is waved...come to think it gets announced in official feed very soon after the race is over? well I couldnt care less anyway, so I just wonder who on earth is voting and how many people are actually voting.

 

I've never voted myself, but my daughter votes every time (and not always for Max, I might add)

[Risil]

Let's keep discussions of politics out of this thread.

Not least because the FIA has just admitted that a technical fault diverted all the votes that should've gone to the race winner and gave them to a backmarker instead, and then they announced the result on live TV anyway.

In its own way this is as breathtaking as what happened on the track.