Character Cup - 2010 Winner, Karun Chandhok

Crowning a brand new F1 face with the best personality of the year

09/08/2010 by Christine

It seems like only yesterday that we opened up Sidepodcast's 2010 Character Cup, pitting the 24 drivers against each other for your votes. Now, just a few short weeks later and we have whittled them down to just one - your winner, for the 2010 grid, Mr Karun Chandhok.

Character Cup - Final, Rubens Barrichello vs. Karun Chandhok vs. Bruno Senna

The last vote of our 2010 competition, with three F1 contenders

07/08/2010 by Christine

At last, we have reached the final of the 2010 Character Cup. Your many, many votes have allowed us to whittle down 24 drivers to the last three - and now you get to choose who will take home the (not actually real) cup. Remember, there are 24 hours for you to make your decision, and choose wisely, as you have three guys to evaluate, and from where I'm sitting... they're all lovely!

Character Cup - Semi Final, Karun Chandhok vs. Heikki Kovalainen

Cast our vote and help choose the third of three F1 finalists

05/08/2010 by Christine

It's not been an easy batch of semi-final matchups so far, but we are onto the third and last vote to pick who will join the other two finalists for the battle to become the 2010 Character Cup champion. Today we see two very popular drivers from the new teams go head to head - Karun Chandhok and Heikki Kovalainen.

Character Cup - Semi Final, Lewis Hamilton vs. Bruno Senna

Decide on the second of three finalists for our F1 personality contest

04/08/2010 by Christine

Vitaly's winning streak has finally come to an end and it is Barrichello who becomes our very first 2010 Character Cup finalist. Today we're looking at our second of three matchups in this round, and we're pitting together a defending champion with a brand new racer. Who will you vote for?

Character Cup - Semi Final, Vitaly Petrov vs. Rubens Barrichello

The F1 contest gets closer as a new round begins

03/08/2010 by Christine

The 2010 Character Cup is really heating up now as we head straight into the semi-finals - albeit a semi final with three rounds. We've had hundreds of votes so far, and this year's cup appears to have offered up some much tougher choices than the previous Character Cup did. Who will make it all the way to the end?

Character Cup - Round 2, Timo Glock vs. Heikki Kovalainen

An F1 personality contest between drivers from the newer teams

01/08/2010 by Christine

We've reached the final matchup of the second round already, and boy this set of polls have been very closely contested. Some of the results have been a surprise, some have been very obvious, and Chandhok's success wasn't a runaway victory! Today, though, we have a battle amongst the new teams - Timo Glock against Heikki Kovalainen.

Character Cup - Round 2, Karun Chandhok vs. Mark Webber

Cast your vote on another pair of F1's famous faces

31/07/2010 by Christine

The Senna vs. Massa matchup was another close one, but towards the end of the voting time, it became obvious that at least one Brazilian was going to get through. Ha! On to more serious business now, it's time for another Character Cup hopeful to take on the might that is Karun Chandhok.

Character Cup - Round 2, Bruno Senna vs. Felipe Massa

The next heat of our F1 contest sees another all-Brazilian competition

30/07/2010 by Christine

The last few matchups have been quite close but only one driver can be victorious each time, and they progress onto what we are officially calling the semi-finals, even though the numbers don't add up. Today we're pitting two Brazilians against each other - the ever-popular Bruno Senna against the much-loved Felipe Massa.

Character Cup - Round 2, Michael Schumacher vs. Lewis Hamilton

How close will the next round of our F1 personality contest be?

29/07/2010 by Christine

The Button/Barrichello matchup was a close one, swinging one way and then the other - will this one be the same? We've got the seven times world champion Michael Schumacher facing up to the youngster who always wanted to drive against him, and now gets to compete against him in a whole other arena - Lewis Hamilton.

Character Cup 2010 - Round 2, Rubens Barrichello vs. Jenson Button

A hugely difficult round to judge as two friendly F1 racers face off

28/07/2010 by Christine

We began round two with a rather less exciting vote than we've seen previously, but that is all about the change. We've got two very popular characters going head to head today, and I can anticipate a lot of people struggling with the decision on who to vote for. Stand up Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button.

Character Cup 2010 - Round 2, Vitaly Petrov vs. Nico Hülkenberg

Another round begins as we continue to judge F1's personalities

27/07/2010 by Christine

Welcome to the second round of our 2010 Character Cup. We have whittled down our 24 starting drivers to just 12 competitors, and now they will go head to head to make it through to what should be called the semi-finals, but will have to be called round 3 as there are more than two matches. Today we begin with Renault's Vitaly Petrov and Williams' Nico Hulkenberg.

Character Cup 2010 - Round 1, Heikki Kovalainen vs. Sebastian Vettel

F1's newest champion takes on another popular Finn

25/07/2010 by Christine

Here we are, then, with the last matchup of our first round. We have whittled 24 drivers down to half that, and set up six fascinating pairings for the second round. We'll likely take a day off before the second round gets underway, but before that, it's time to vote on today's drivers. We've got Lotus man Heikki Kovalainen against Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel.

Character Cup 2010 - Round 1, Timo Glock vs. Nico Rosberg

An all-German heat is the next to be judged in this year's competition

24/07/2010 by Christine

The first round of the 2010 Character Cup is drawing near it's conclusion as we head straight into the penultimate matchup. Today you have to decide who will get your vote between two German drivers - Virgin Racing's Timo Glock or Mercedes' Nico Rosberg. You have the power to decide who gets through to Round 2.

Character Cup 2010 - Round 1, Mark Webber vs. Robert Kubica

Australian honesty against Polish popularity, it's another F1 match-up

23/07/2010 by Christine

Poor Trulli. I mean, we knew someone was going to have to face up to the might of Karun Chandhok, but I do feel very sorry for him. Never mind, though, we must turn our attention to this next matchup - as we start to draw towards the end of round 1. Today we've got the ever-honest Red Bull man Mark Webber, against the quiet but deadly Renault guy Robert Kubica.

Character Cup 2010 - Round 1, Karun Chandhok vs. Jarno Trulli

Knowledge versus wine in the next heat of our F1 personality contest

22/07/2010 by Christine

Massa's battled against Kobayashi was a lot closer than we'd anticipated, as has a lot of this first round been. It seems as though we're getting to know the character of the drivers much more than in 2009, as quite often people can't decide where to place their votes. Let's see how it goes with this pairing though, the temporarily ousted Karun Chandhok, and the ever-resiliant Jarno Trulli.

Character Cup 2010 - Round 1, Felipe Massa vs. Kamui Kobayashi

The long time racer takes on Japan's relative newcomer

21/07/2010 by Christine

It looked as though Senna had his matchup sorted from the beginning, but Alguersuari brought it level towards the end of the day. I wonder if this next pairing will be a close one or not? We're putting the Brazilian Ferrari driver of Felipe Massa against the quiet Japanese Kamui Kobayashi. Who will get your vote?

Character Cup 2010 - Round 1, Bruno Senna vs. Jaime Alguersuari

Brazil goes head to head with Spain in the next heat of the first round

20/07/2010 by Christine

Liuzzi put up the best battle he could but it was Hamilton who secured a place in the second round, lining up a match with none other than Michael Schumacher. That is days ahead of us, though, and for now, we turn our attention to this first round pairing. We've got the brand new (and apparently replaceable) Bruno Senna facing off against the other Spaniard, Jaime Alguersuari.

Character Cup 2010 - Round 1, Lewis Hamilton vs. Tonio Liuzzi

An F1 champion faces off against the fashion follower Italian

19/07/2010 by Christine

The battle between Schumi and de la Rosa swung first one way and then the other, but only one can progress to the next round. They'll meet the winner of this - our sixth heat in the first round. Today we're putting McLaren sweetheart and former champion Lewis Hamilton against the ever so fashion forward Tonio Liuzzi.

Character Cup 2010 - Round 1, Michael Schumacher vs. Pedro de la Rosa

How has Schumi's comeback affected his standing with F1 fans?

18/07/2010 by Christine

Poor Sutil. You'd imagine that if he'd faced off against anyone rather than Jenson Button, he might have had a better shot at making it into the next round. As it stands, Jenson made the break, and so we turn our attention to the next matchup. This time we're looking at a multi-world champion who has made a rather lacklustre comeback, to a long-standing test driver who's trying his hand at a race drive.

Character Cup 2010 - Round 1, Jenson Button vs. Adrian Sutil

The Brit takes on Force India's German racer as our F1 ratings continue

17/07/2010 by Christine

Finally, we have had a matchup that didn't come to the last tense few seconds. Barrichello has easily stripped di Grassi of a chance of winning the Sidepodcast Character Cup this year. Now we must move on to our fourth pairing, and we shall see if this one will be a walkover, or another close battle.