Well, its very late where I am, but I may as well present some awards right now. With some being left till tommrow.
Our first award is for Team Boss of the Year
Team Boss of the Year: Gerhard Berger After fourteen seasons, driving for some of the sports greatest teams during a 'golden era' and picking up ten wins along the way, surely there wouldn't be much left for Gerhard Berger to prove?
However for someone like Gerhard, it isn't easy to walk away. With the end of his BMW duties, in 2006, Berger went into partnership Dietrich Mateschitz and bought the floundering Minardi team. Thanks to revitalised finance from Red Bull and additional help from Red Bull Technology, in less than 3 years, Scuderia Torro Rosso managed to tranform itself from tail enders to race winners.
Under the leadership of Berger, Torro Rosso took take full advantage of that wet and wild weekend that shadowed the Italian Grand Prix, to snatch an unlikely victory.
However this was not a fluke, the team had constantly improved from the introduction of their new car in Spain.
Sebastian Vettel reinforced his credentials for the future, while Berger could add another successful acolade to his resume.
Berger will be missed next season, but surely he'll return soon. Once you get a taste for victory and all that...
Unsung Hero of the Year award - Sebastien Bourdais And now from one key part of the Torro Rosso success story to another.
Figures can be misleading. Reviewing Sebastien Bourdais's 2008 results shows that the Frenchman only achieved two points finishes over the course of the season. Another American Open Wheel failure story?
Although he never grabbed the headlines like his team mate, Bourdais had a solid 2008 season. Luck was not with him, who could forget Massa using him as a battering ram in Japan or his heart ache of being stranded on the grid in Monza?
This was a tough category with many drivers such as Barrichello or Webber having great results taken away from them.
Should Bourdais be in F1 Next season? Of course. Did he really do that badly? What if luck had been with him in 2008?
Will he be in F1 Next season? Well thats another question, I cannot answer.
The Formula One Moment of the year award - Hamilton's Last Lap Pass On Glock during the Brazilian Grand Prix "And only one lap remains, Glock's sector times are perfectly healthy on the dry tyre, he's doing fine. And the Championship is slipping away from Lewis Hamilton..."
The words of James Allen spoke true of the moment. A late rain shower had hit the Brazilian Grand Prix. Some had come in for intermediates, but others like Timo Glock had gambled on staying out on the dries. All Lewis Hamilton needed to do was finish 5th to become world champion, but things weren't going his way. As Hamilton came up to the lapped Robert Kubica, Vettel made a bold move - was the title slipping from Hamilton's grasp for a second year?
"Is that Glock?" Screamed Martin Brundle
"Oh my goodness me, Hamilton's back in position again. A hundred thousand hearts sink the grandstands." James Allen's words were probably drowned as Formula One Fans throughout the world tried to make sense of what they were seeing.
Literally one minute later. Glock was slowing - struggling to keep it on the road, the tables had turned.
Massa had already crossed the line, victory of the grand prix was his, Brazil were to have their first world champion since the legendary Ayrton Senna.
For 30 seconds that dream was realised...
The greatest finish to a grand prix ever? - Questionable
The greatest finish to a world championship? - Certainly
Well I'll probably make a start on the others tommrow, I hope people appreciate the polls. Thank you for everyone who contributed, it was fun.