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Best Driver: Vettel
Best Team: RedBull
Best Car: Mclaren
Best Wet Weather Driver: Button
Best Overtaker: Vettel
Best Rookie: Grosjean
Most Improved Driver: Hulkenberg
Best Qualifier: Vettel
Best Tire Management: Perez
Surprise of the Season: Perez/Hulkenberg
Disappointment of the Season: Raikkoenen's gate being closed
Funniest Moment of the Season: He knows what he's doing
Best Drive: Vettel Abu Dhabi / Perez Monza
Best Overtake: None Stand out
Best Race: Brazil
Driver to Watch: Perez/Hulkenberg

Best Driver: Lewis (with a more reliable car, he would have been WDC by miles) or Alonso (with a better car, he would have been WDC by miles)
Best Team: RBR (clearly shown by winning the WCC by a big margin)
Best Car: RBR (would have been Mclaren but for their reliability issues)
Best Wet Weather Driver: Alonso
Best Overtaker: Alonso
Best Rookie: Kimi (if allowed), otherwise Pic
Most Improved Driver: Massa (started the season as a joke to many but now some are wondering if he’ll be pushing Alonso again next season)
Best Qualifier: Lewis/Vettel
Best Tire Management: Perez
Surprise of the Season: Lewis to Mercedes
Disappointment of the Season: Mercedes form
Funniest Moment of the Season: ”Leave me alone, I know what I’m doing!!”
Best Drive: Vettel in Abu Dhabi/Alonso in Germany
Best Overtake: Kimi in Spa - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fo73zV02d4 Hamilton in Spain - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3yCxKu8Ezg Massa in Singapore - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSd89c675qs
Best Race: Brazil/Valencia
Driver to Watch (going forward): Perez/Lewis/Gutierrez

Best Driver: Fernando Alonso.
Best Team: Red Bull.
Best Car: Red Bull RB8.
Best Wet Weather Driver: Fernando Alonso.
Best Overtaker: Lewis Hamilton.
Best Rookie: Jean-Éric Vergne.
Most Improved Driver: Felipe Massa after dismal first half.
Best Qualifier: Lewis Hamilton.
Best Tire Management: Pirelli.
Surprise of the Season: Pastor Maldonado in the Spanish quali + race.
Disappointment of the Season: Maldonado's recklessness.
Best Drive: Pastor Maldonado, Spanish GP.
Best Overtake: Räikkönen on Schumacher at Spa.
Best Race: Brazil.
Driver to Watch: Valtteri Bottas.

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Can someone tell me how the best overtake is a DRS overtake and not those like "Vettel on Button @ Abu Dhabi"?

Best Driver: Vettel
Best Team:Red Bull
Best Car:Ferrari (Reliability and speed wasn't far off from RBR)
Best Wet Weather Driver: Vettel
Best Overtaker (Non-DRS Overtakes): Vettel, Kimi, Button (Have to stand with this 3)
Best Rookie: Riccardo
Most Improved Driver: Massa
Best Qualifier: Hamilton / Vettel
Best Tire Management: Vettel
Surprise of the Season: Massa (Suddenly came back on top)
Disappointment of the Season: Mercedes
Funniest Moment of the Season: Kimi Radio and Kimi off track trip in brazil
Best Drive: Vettel in Abu Dhabi
Best Overtake: Vettel on Button @ Abu Dhabi (Non-DRS pass)
Best Race: Abu Dhabi (Am a Kimi fan) and Brazil
Driver to Watch: Daniel Riccardo

Best Driver: Fernando Alonso
Best Team: Red Bull Racing
Best Car: RB8
Best Wet Weather Driver: Fernando Alonso
Best Overtaker: Kimi Raikkonen
Best Rookie: Romain Grosjean
Most Improved Driver: Pastor Maldonado
Best Qualifier: Lewis Hamilton
Best Tire Management: Sergio Perez
Surprise of the Season: Williams return to the top of the podium
Disappointment of the Season: McLaren
Funniest Moment of the Season: Kimi 'Bullish' Raikkonen
Best Drive: Sergio Perez (Monza)
Best Overtake: Hulkenburg on Grosjean and Hamilton (Korea
Best Race: Brazil
Driver to Watch: Nico Hulkenburg

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Jenson Button
Kimi Raikkonen
Romain Grosjean
Nico Hulkenburg

That was DRS assisted and was a very standard pass by a faster car with the fresher tires, how that can be your overtake of the season is beyond me.

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Jenson Button
Kimi Raikkonen
Romain Grosjean
Nico Hulkenburg

Best Driver: Alonso
Best Team: RBR
Best Car: McLaren
Best Wet Weather Driver: Button
Best Overtaker: Kimi
Best Rookie: Pic
Most Improved Driver: Hulk
Best Qualifier: Vettel
Best Tire Management: Button
Surprise of the Season: Hamilton leaving McLaren
Disappointment of the Season: Hamilton leaving McLaren
Funniest Moment of the Season: Kimi on the Radio/going up the escape lane with the gate closed
Best Drive: Alonso in Valencia
Best Overtake: Kimi on Schumacher @ Spa
Best Race: Brazil/COTA
Driver to Watch: Hamilton

Best Driver: Alonso (closely followed by Kimi)
Best Team: Ferrari
Best Car: Mclaren
Best Wet Weather Driver: Alonso
Best Overtaker: Kimi
Best Rookie: Cant answer
Most Improved Driver: Hulkenberg
Best Qualifier: Maldonado
Best Tire Management: Kimi/Perez
Surprise of the Season: Kimi (+) and Mclaren (-)
Disappointment of the Season: Mclaren
Funniest Moment of the Season: Leave me alone……. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes…..
Best Drive: Alonso @ Valencia. Vettel @ Brazil. Kimi @ Hockenheim
Best Overtake: One of Kimi’s – Austin on Hulk, Germany on Di Resta and Brazil on MSC.
Best Race: Brazil and Valencia. A shout out for Abu Dhabi too.
Driver to Watch: Massa considering he was the biggest gainer of the start (I think) and always had a race on his hands. Must’ve been good to watch on board.

Best Driver: Alonso
Best Team: Ferrari
Best Car: Red Bull RB8
Best Wet Weather Driver: Alonso
Best Overtaker: Raikkonen
Best Rookie: Hulkernberg?
Most Improved Driver: Massa
Best Qualifier: Hamilton
Best Tire Management: Sauber
Surprise of the Season: Hamilton moving to Mercedes
Disappointment of the Season: Lotus falling off the development pace after the summer break and Kimi's WDC challenge going with it
Funniest Moment of the Season: Vettel & Kimi on the Abu Dhabi podium
Best Drive: TBC
Best Overtake: TBC
Best Race: TBC
Driver to Watch: Massa

I suggest you go back and watch it again...

I think you'll find that Vettel used the 2nd DRS zone to overtake Button...

Best Driver: Sebastian - did everything he needed to do all season, including coming up with some mega performances at the end
Best Team: RBR - competitive enough from the start to stay in it, worked hard to deliver what was needed for rest of year
Best Car: Ferrari - great race pace, bombproof reliability
Best Wet Weather Driver: Fernando got the best results, but I think Seb's performance yesterday deserves a mention as nobody was pushing as hard as he was in those conditions
Best Overtaker: Kimi - his race craft is amazing
Best Rookie: Hulk - fast, mostly clean, pretty mature, overall impressive
Most Improved Driver: Felipe- if you mean over the course of this season and not history. He has always been good.
Best Qualifier: Lewis - #'s say it all
Best Tire Management: Sebastian - can't recall a time he had a serious tire situation
Surprise of the Season: Lotus race pace being good all season
Disappointment of the Season: Checo - it all fell apart
Funniest Moment of the Season: Kimi's detour
Best Drive: Sebastian, yesterday, no explanation needed
Best Overtake: Kimi on Michael @ Spa
Best Race: Brazil - perfectly highlighted what every one of the drivers is all about
Driver to Watch: Hulk

and I'm adding...
Fastest car - because there is a difference between "best" and "fastest" - McLaren

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Best Driver:Alonso/Vettel/Hamilton
Best Team:Redbull
Best Car: MP4-27
Best Wet Weather Driver: Alonso
Best Overtaker:Kimi
Best Rookie:Pic
Most Improved Driver: Hulk
Best Qualifier: Hamilton
Best Tire Management: Hamilton Spain
Surprise of the Season: Kimi
Disappointment of the Season: Mclaren reliability
Funniest Moment of the Season:Kimi taking a new route only to find road blocks in Brazil LOL
Best Drive: Hamilton US
Best Overtake: Too many
Best Race: Brazil
Driver to Watch:

WARNING: The below post contains OPINIONS You have been warned:

Best Driver: Alonso just - considering how rubbish that car was in the first race [1 sec off the pace] he did well to still be in the WDC at the last race
Best Team: Red Bull - they won by a country mile
Best Car: the McLaren was without a doubt the fasest but massive reliability issues so I think this one goes to Red Bull as well
Best Wet Weather Driver: Alonso for scoring more than anyone else in the wet
Best Overtaker: Kimi: as shown he can race wheel to wheel without knocking people off the road.
Best Rookie: Pic impressed me
Most Improved Driver: Maldonardo was horrific at the begining of the season, but he seemed to mature by the end
Best Qualifier: Lewis
Best Tire Management: Perez pulled some awesome stunts but on the grounds of no tire troubles I can recall Vettel
Surprise of the Season: Williams win.
Disappointment of the Season: McLaren for not being able to build cars that don't break/pit stop errors/everything else that went wrong
Funniest Moment of the Season: Toss up between Kimi's radio jems and Kimi's escape road antics
Best Drive: Alonso in Valencia. Shout out to Vettel in Abu Dubai considering how many times it could have ended in tears for him in that race
Best Overtake: Hard one, some very good passes this year, but I think Hulkenberg overtaking Lewis and Grojean has to be high up there
Best Race: Brazil for the perfect, mad end to the season
Driver[s] to Watch: Hulkenberg and Maldonardo

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The two most powerful warriors are patience and time…so remember: great achievements take time, there is no overnight success.

Best Driver: I honestly can't separate Alonso and Hamilton on this one. Vettel's slightly ordinary start to the season puts him behind them for me
Best Team: Red Bull
Best Car: Red Bull, as their comfortable win in the constructors championship proves. But the McLaren was probably the fastest.
Best Wet Weather Driver: Alonso
Best Overtaker: Raikkonen put in some stunning moves this year
Best Rookie: Pic has been quietly impressive
Most Improved Driver: Maldonado. Gone from a lambasted 'pay driver' to Grand Prix winner
Best Qualifier: Lewis Hamilton
Best Tire Management: Sergio Perez. Hamilton was also notably good at this despite his unfair reputation. Remember Hungary?
Surprise of the Season: Maldonado's win in Spain
Disappointment of the Season: Hamilton's perpetual bad luck
Funniest Moment of the Season: 'Yes yes yes I'm doing all that!'
Best Drive: Really tough one this. I'll go for Alonso's win at Valencia
Best Overtake: Honestly can't pick one out. There have been too many!
Best Race: Brazil. Amazing what a bit of rain can do!
Driver to Watch: Hulkenberg

Best Driver: Lewis Hamilton
Best Team: Red Bull
Best Car: Mclaren
Best Wet Weather Driver: Alonso
Best Overtaker: Raikkonen
Best Rookie: Pic
Most Improved Driver: Pastor Maldonado
Best Qualifier: Pastor Maldonado
Best Tire Management: Sergio Perez
Surprise of the Season: Hamilton Merc deal
Disappointment of the Season: Hamilton's bad luck
Funniest Moment of the Season: Kimi getting lost in Brazil
Best Drive: Alonso's win at Valencia
Best Overtake: Honestly can't pick one out. There have been too many!
Best Race: Brazil
Drivers to Watch: Hulkenberg,Maldonado and Perez

Agree with all that, only differences for me are:

Best Wet Weather Driver: IMO nobody was enough of a standout this year
Surprise of the Season: Pirelli tyres throwing up so much unpredictability for the first few races
Disappointment of the Season: Schumacher having the performance but getting penalties or suffering mechanical failures

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Best Driver: Sebastian Vettel
Best Team: Red Bull
Best Car: Red Bull
Best Wet Weather Driver: Button
Best Overtaker: Kimi
Best Rookie: Pic
Most Improved Driver: Massa
Best Qualifier: Hamilton
Best Tire Management: Alonso
Surprise of the Season: Hamilton to Mercedes
Disappointment of the Season: McLaren
Funniest Moment of the Season: Kimis trip in Brazil
Best Drive: Valencia Alonso
Best Overtake: Kimi on Schumacher in Belgium
Best Race: Brazil
Driver to Watch: Grosjean

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Any old sap can pull teeth from a dead crocodile.
It takes a man to pull teeth from a live one.

Best Driver: Alonso
Best Team: Red Bull
Best Car: Red Bull
Best Wet Weather Driver: Alonso
Best Overtaker: Kimi
Best Rookie: Grosjean
Most Improved Driver: Massa
Best Qualifier: Hamilton
Best Tire Management: Perez
Surprise of the Season: Hamiltons improved maturity
Disappointment of the Season: McLarens embarassing pit-stops and reliability
Funniest: Kimis radio
Best Drive: Hamilton in America
Best Overtake: Too many to mention
Driver to Watch: Perez

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#10

Best Driver: Can't decide.
Best Team: Red Bull.
Best Car: McLaren had the fastest, Ferrari the most reliable, but RB8 was best overall.
Best Wet Weather Driver: I haven't really seen too spectacular drives from anyone.
Best Overtaker: I don't know who did the most, but Räikkönen had his fair share.
Best Rookie: Jean-Éric Vergne.
Most Improved Driver: Nico Hülkenberg.
Best Qualifier: Pastor Maldonado and Lewis Hamilton.
Best Tire Management: Sergio Pérez.
Surprise of the Season: Pastor Maldonado, Spain.
Disappointment of the Season: Mercedes after Monaco. Honourable mention to Toro Rosso's car (not the drivers!).
Funniest Moment of the Season: Leave me alone, I know what I'm doing.
Best Drive: Sebastian Vettel, Abu Dhabi.
Best Overtake: Räikkönen on Schumacher, Spa.
Best Race: Abu Dhabi.
Driver to Watch: Nico Hülkenberg.

As a side note, why do people keep putting Grosjean, Hülkenberg and Ricciardo as rookies?

Best driver=Fernando Alonso
Best team = Ferrari (nearly flawless efforts on race days)
Best car= Red Bull
Fastest car = McLaren (I had to separate best and fastest to do both justice)
Best wet weather driver= Fernando Alonso
Best overtaker= Kimi Raikkonen
Best rookie= Charles Pic
Most improved driver= Pastor Maldonado
Best Return to form= Felipe Massa (sorry, but I added an award)
Best qualifier= Pastor Maldonado
Best tire management= Sergio Peréz
Surprise of the season= Hamilton’s announcement of the move to Mercedes
Disappointment of the season= Mercedes lack of pace
Funniest moment of the season= Kimi talking with team on team radio
Best drives= Hamilton at Cota, Alonso at Malaysia
Best overtake= Alonso overtaking Webber & Massa lap2 at Brazil
Best race= As I was traveling and did not see Brazil, I am going with COTA… at least I was there
Driver to watch= Maldonado

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Forza Ferrari
WCCs = 16
WDCs = 15

A late addition after thinking through what funny moments there were during the season.

Funniest moment of the season: Hamilton slamming Button for unfollowing him on twitter and only later finding out that Button had never followed him on twitter in the first place.

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Best Driver: Hamilton / Alonso
Best Team: Red Bull Racing
Best Car: RBR / McLaren
Best Wet Weather Driver: Hülkenberg / Hamilton/ Alonso/Schumacher
Best Overtaker: Raikkönen/ Hamilton / Alonso
Best Rookie: Jean-Éric Vergne
Most Improved Driver: Massa/ Hülkenberg
Best Qualifier: Hamilton
Best Tire Management: Sauber
Surprise of the Season: Williams
Disappointment of the Season: McLaren unreliable, errorprone team- threw away both titles.
Funniest Moment of the Season:Raikkönen in Brazil
Best Drive:Hamilton in Korea
Best Overtake:there have been some
Best Race:USA GP
Driver to Watch:Hülkenberg

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"Everything you can imagine is real." Pablo Picasso

Best Driver: Fernando Alonso
Best Team: Red Bull
Best Car: Red Bull RB8
Best Wet Weather Driver: Bruno Senna
Best Overtaker: Fernando Alonso
Best Rookie: Charles Pic
Most Improved Driver: Pastor Maldonado
Best Qualifier: Lewis Hamilton
Best Tire Management: Sergio Perez
Surprise of the Season: Sauber
Disappointment of the Season: Mercedes
Funniest Moment of the Season: Kimi Raikkonen on the Brazil escape route
Best Drive: Fernando Alonso, European GP
Best Overtake: Felipe Massa on Bruno Senna, Singapore GP
Best Race: European GP
Driver to Watch: Nico Hulkenberg

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"I am a believer, but I start each Grand Prix with 195 liters of fuel behind me," he explains. "I don't rely entirely on God, I rely on Prost."

Best Driver: Fernando Alonso
Best Team: Red Bull
Best Car: Mclaren
Best Wet Weather Driver: Perez
Best Overtaker: Lewis Hamilton
Best Rookie: Charles Pic
Most Improved Driver: Nico Hulkenberg
Best Qualifier: Lewis Hamilton
Best Tire Management: Romain Grosjean
Surprise of the Season: Williams
Disappointment of the Season: Mercedes and Caterham
Funniest Moment of the Season: Damon Hill basicaly telling Horner he was talking out of his arse as he tried to define Vettel's off track overtake on Button
Best Drive: Romain Grosjean - Canada
Best Overtake: Felipe Massa on Bruno Senna, Singapore GP
Best Race: Spain GP
Driver to Watch: Daniel Ricciardo

Jeez I usually take you seriously but I just can't now

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"I am a believer, but I start each Grand Prix with 195 liters of fuel behind me," he explains. "I don't rely entirely on God, I rely on Prost."

Best Driver: Hamilton
Best Team:Redbull
Best Car:Redbull
Best Wet Weather Driver: Alosno
Best Overtaker: Kimi/Alonso/Hamilton
Best Rookie: Ricciardo
Most Improved Driver: Hamilton
Best Qualifier:Hamilton
Best Tire Management:Alonso
Surprise of the Season: Lewis to Mercedes
Disappointment of the Season: Mclaren errors
Funniest Moment of the Season: Kimi's onboard radio (Abu dhabi) Kimi onboard off track (Interlagos)
Best Drive: Hamilton (Catalunya) 24th to 8th no safetycars outracing his teammate.
Best Overtake: Hamilton Double overtake on Torro Rosso's (Catalunya)
Best Race: Usa
Driver to Watch: Bottas

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HAMILTON/ALONSO/RAIKONNEN/VETTEL

Best Driver: Fernando Alonso
Best Team: Hard to say - Ferrari on reliability but then again RBR won the Constructors' despite reliability issues... can't decide.
Best Car: McLaren
Best Wet Weather Driver: Alonso, Button
Best Overtaker: Raikkonen
Best Rookie: Vergne
Most Improved Driver: Massa
Best Qualifier: Hamilton, Vettel
Best Tire Management: Perez
Surprise of the Season: So many different winners early on
Disappointment of the Season: Mercedes
Funniest Moment of the Season: Kimi has been amusing in general and this made me laugh too, Fernando on being asked about the rumour that within the team he is called 'maestro'. "In Ferrari they call me Fernando normally."
Best Drive: Seb in Abu Dhabi
Best Overtake: Kimi on Michael through Eau Rouge
Best Race: Abu Dhabi, Valencia
Driver to Watch: Hulkenberg