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Well, the lines are closed, the votes have been counted, and now, here are the results of the 3rd Annual Formula 1 Awards, host by me, Bee, voted by you, GTPlanet!
So lets crack on with the results! First award, Best Start to a Race. This is awarded to the driver who catapulted off the line in a GP this year, it can be any driver, at any GP. Again, here are the finalists!
Hamilton at the Australian GP
Raikkonen also at the Australian GP
Winklehock at the European GP
Raikkonen at the Monaco GP
And the winner is... Marcus Winklehock! Who's amazing start at the rain-soaked Nurburgring saw him in the lead of the race by Lap 3! I'm sure both he and Spyker will be happy with the award.
Next up, Best Overtaking Manoeuver. This is given to that one moment of racecraft genius, the one moment that driver won over a number of fans. Here are the finalists!
Hamilton on Raikkonen at the Italian GP
Sato on Alonso at the Canadian GP
Heidfeld on Alonso at the Bahrain GP
Hamilton on Barrichello at the Brazilian GP
And the winner is... Takuma Sato! The Japanese has certainly cleaned up his act since he start at Super Aguri, but his overtaking ability is as impressive as ever. In this instance taking the Double World Champ, around the outside, into the final chicane. Amazing.
Taku is also included in our next award, Most Improved Driver which is awarded to the one driver who, from 2006 has improved so much it's be known that they have been questioned wether they are infact a half-cyborg nowdays, here are the finalists:
Nick Heidfeld
Nico Rosberg
Robert Kubica
Takuma Sato
And the winner is... Nico Rosberg! With the Williams team offering a substancial improvement over their 2006 car, Nico has stepped up to the plate and has delivered some inspiring perfomances, including a 4th in the final race at Brazil. Here's to Nico improving even more for 2008!
Ok, following in the same fashion, next up is Most Improved Team, which, like the award before, is presented to the one team who have given their drivers a dream ride following a car wreck last year. Here are the finalists:
BMW Sauber
Super Aguri
Scuderia Toro Rosso
Williams
And the winner is... BMW Sauber! Yes the swiss team have come on leaps and bounds, securing a very solid 2nd in the Construcutors after an incredibly consistant season seeing them score over 100 points. Hopes and expectations must be high for next season.
Next one is for the new boys, Best Rookie Performance. This is awarded to the one Rookie who has exceeded all expectations this season. The finalists are..
Lewis Hamilton
Sebastian Vettel
Adrian Sutil
Heikki Kovalinen
And the winner is (By a massive margin..)... Lewis Hamilton! The boy-wonder suprised everyone with his raw speed and incredible control. His season fell apart towards the end but he must be considered one of the early favourites for next season.
Following the trend of Rookies, the next award is Most Promising Rookie which is awarded to the Rookie who has shown flashes of brilliance now and again. A guy who you can easially see as a future world champ. The finalists are:
Lewis Hamilton
Sebastian Vettel
Adrian Sutil
Heikki Kovalinen
And the winner is... Well, I should say winners as both Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vette both received the same amount of votes. So if them two do not duke it out come 2011, I'll eat my hat for you, GTP!
Now we are going to award the one performance that put a guy on the F1 radar. This award is Best Single Race Performance. The finalists are:
Vettel at the Chinese GP
Kovalainen at the Japanese GP
Hamilton at the Canadian GP
Raikkonen at the Australian GP
And the winner is... Again it's a tie! This time the award is shared between Heikki Kovalainen and Sebastian Vettel (Well, two halves make a whole I guess..). Heikki's Japanese Grand Prix was the highlight of his season. Finishing a brilliant second in adverse conditions whilst holding back Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari. Then Sebastian's Chinese Grand Prix made up for his brain fart in Japan by taking Toro Rosso's highest finish of the season in 4th, and he took it on pure pace to match.
For the next award, we look to the future, the Team to Watch in '08 award recognises the team we expect to do exceptionaly well next season, here are the finalists:
BMW Sauber
Scuderia Toro Rosso
McLaren Mercedes
Renault
And the winner is... BMW Sauber! Yep they take home their second award of the night, with their 2007 car the base for 2008, you'd expect atleast consistant podiums next season and with two very solid drivers in Heidfeld and Kubica, they should deliver!
Ok, up next is Best Race of the Year. This is for the race that had it all: Drama, great racing, utter chaos and in the end, a fantastic winner. The countries we have to thank for keeping us on the edge of our seats for a sunday afternoon are:
Japanese GP
Brazilian GP
Canadian GP
European GP
And the winner is... Brazil! The race itself will always be remembered for one of two things, Hamilton losing the title and Raikkonen winning the title (Depending on if you live in the UK or not I guess..) Either way it had brilliant racing, as seen by Rosberg and Kubica's ding dong, controversey via BMW Sauber and Williams' fuel irregularites and a worthy winner in Kimi Raikkonen.
The next award is more of a anti-award, Biggest Dissapointment of '07 singles out the worst moment of the season and hopefully chucks it in a neuclear reactor, never to be seen again. The finalists are:
The Spy Scandal
Fernando Alonso's Team Tactics
Honda's Lack of Pace
Hamilton's Chinese GP Exit
And the Anti-Winner is... Well, it's a given really, isn't it? The Spy Scandal! Yes, for the majority of the summer, this story overshadowed the on track racing and we thank Nigel Stepney and Mike Coughlan for being Grade A Numpteys.
Right back onto a positive note now and we're getting int othe big awards now, starting off with Best Team of the Year. This goes to the one team that stood head and shoulders above the rest, the finalists are:
McLaren Mercedes
BMW Sauber
Ferrari
Williams
And the winner is... BMW Sauber! They've done it again! Although this one did throw me, I guess you can say they kept their noses out of trouble by deciding not to send James Bond to a rival team, nor did they infact make any media presentation of any intrest all year... I guess we can thank them for making a strong enough car to handle 75g's in the hands of a polish version of the Terminator.. (Kubicator perhaps?)
And now for the Driver's biggest award, they all want to win this, even if your Sakon Yanamoto.. The Best Driver of the Year awards the one driver who looks down at all overs like a Driving God... And then pulls a mooney. The finalists are:
Lewis Hamilton
Nick Heidfeld
Nico Rosberg
Kimi Raikkonen
And the winner is... Kimi Raikkonen! At long last the Iceman took the title with a simply amazing second half to the season which saw a run of 7 podiums, including 3 wins. The gods shined on him at Interlagos and now he can celebrate like any Finn knows how, in a gorilla suit.
Ok, onto the last two, we'll start with the one award everyone tried to avoid like the black plague, the Villain of '07, which recognises the biggest Numptey in Formula 1, the finalists are:
Fernando Alonso
Nigel Stepney/Mike Cloughlan Double Act
Max Mosely
Ralf Schumacher
And the winner is... Well, I think we're gonna have to rename this award after him, for the 3rd year in succession... Max Mosely! There isn't really much to say except sir, you are a fool.
And now, we are finally down to the last award, it's been a long journey for me and I do get quite emotional at times like these, so, before my make up runs and Laura shouts at me anymore, let's present the Hero of '07 award! This goes to the one person who can be affiliated with Formula 1 any way. The one person who has touched our hearts and filled it with joy and happiness, ok really? It's a popularity contest, so, the Jock- I mean finalists are:
Kimi Raikkonen
Lewis Hamilton
Ron Dennis
Sir Jackie Stewart
And the final winner of the night is.. Kimi Raikkonen! The Finn doubles his tally for the night and is confirmed as GTP numero uno Hero of 2007. The monotone-talking, Schumi-loving (?), lean, mean, engine braking (Not quite this year, I know.) machine truly is, Number 1.
And so there we have it, next year I'll probably be replaced by some new hotshot who thought they'd try to beat me to the punch by opening the nominations this December. I hope you've enjoyed this as much as I take intrest in how you all think fo the truly brilliant year that has gone by. I've been your host/vote counter/organiser Bee and you've been classy, GTP.
'Till next year!
) I also noticed that Max Mosley is been awarded the "villain of the year" for 3 years straight! 
Cheers mate on this years GTP Annual F1 Awards!!! 
