Character Cup 2009 - How the voting unfolded for this year's cup

Published 15 February 2009 by Ryan Gault

Starting on January 31st 2009, we launched the Character Cup, which allows commenters to vote for a driver between the two set for that day. It is up to the commentator how they vote, it could be because they like a certain driver, because they think he is the best or any other system at all. Each round was set up at 7pm GMT, with voting open for 24 hours.

Summary

Character Cup Statistics
Duration	31st January to 14th February
Winner	Fernando Alonso
Runner-up	Sebastian Vettel
Average voters	111
Total votes	1,665

Contenders

Most drivers from the upcoming 2009 season, with the exception of Honda, who have no team or drivers and Sebastian Buemi, since he has no team mate and to even the numbers to make a nice straight knock out tournament.

Results

Round 1
Date	Winner	Votes	Runner up	Votes
31st January	Nico Rosberg	59	Nelson Piquet	12
1st February	Robert Kubica	64	Timo Glock	16
2nd February	Giancarlo Fisichell	66	Felipe Massa	61
3rd February	Fernando Alonso	101	Heikki Kovalainen	28
4th February	Jarno Trulli	88	Lewis Hamilton	76
5th February	Kimi Räikkönen	90	Kazuki Nakajima	22
6th February	Mark Webber	52	Nick Heidfeld	32
7th February	Sebastian Vettel	83	Adrian Sutil	8

Knocked Out: Nelson Piquet, Timo Glock, Felipe Massa, Heikki Kovalainen, Lewis Hamilton, Kazuki Nakajima, Nick Heidfeld, Adrian Sutil

Round 2
Date	Winner	Votes	Runner up	Votes
8th February	Robert Kubica	45	Nico Rosberg	43
9th February	Fernando Alonso	79	Giancarlo Fisichella	35
10th February	Kimi Räikkönen	70	Jarno Trulli	68
11th February	Sebastian Vettel	71	Mark Webber	43

Knocked Out: Nico Rosberg, Giancarlo Fisichella, Jarno Trulli, Mark Webber

Semi Finals
Date	Winner	Votes	Runner up	Votes
12th February	Fernando Alonso	68	Robert Kubica	35
13th February	Sebastian Vettel	59	Kimi Räikkönen	58

Knocked Out: Robert Kubica, Kimi Räikkönen

Final
Date	Winner	Votes	Runner up	Votes
14th February	Fernando Alonso	67	Sebastian Vettel	66

Brackets View