I can see people voting for Lewis, but he has such a dominant car actually it is quite disapponting that he didn't place second.
What special did Ricciardo do? He even got overtaken by Alonso.
Bottas on the other hand was flawless all weekend.
If Bottas has been flawless all weekend so has Ricciardo. Let's see, reason why Ricciardo is up for DOTD
- Beat Vettel in qualifying by a handy margin
- Avoided contact from the Massa/Mag accident which dropped him back to 15th
- Scythed his way through the pack along with Lewis (without the extra fresh tires that Lewis had and also having a lousy Renault PU)
- Had many excellent overtakes
- Had an epic battle with Alonso and managed to keep him behind for a few laps despite Alonso having the faster and more fresher tires
- Ended up only 8-9 seconds from Vettel despite the opening lap (which potentially would have been closer if he didn't have Alonso behind as he was catching Vettel by at least 0.5 sec a lap)
- No mistakes
Bottas on the other hand has now the second fastest car, Williams has been second quickest since Austria and ended up where he was expected to be. Held off Hamilton well at the end using the better traction and engine at that point in the race.
Between Ricciardo and Bottas for me. Ricciardo edges this one purely because Bottas ended up where I expected him to given how quick Williams have been.
Edited by v@sh, 21 July 2014 - 08:10.