Good morning, race fans—yes, I put on my “formal attire” and hosted the first ever Race Day Café F1 Awards Show for the 2025 season. This is my full trophy-giving, coffee-fueled recap of the best, worst, funniest, cringiest, and most entertaining moments from “This Our Formula 1,” with the highest honor in motorsport: the Golden Coffee Cup (objectively superior because you can actually drink from it). A bunch of these picks were influenced by your comments too, so consider yourselves co-producers of the chaos. I hand out awards like the Michael Masi Award for biggest FIA fumble (Mexico… sweet Jesus), the Scooteria Ferrari Award for worst strategy (McLaren’s Qatar safety car disaster class), and the Valtteri Bottas Porridge Award for best meme (“must be the water”). We also get into peak awkward/cringe moments (yes, the Vegas fountain show), plus the underdog podium that warmed my cold little heart (Nico finally getting one after 15 years). Then I close with the season superlatives: race of the year goes to São Paulo (Interlagos stays undefeated), worst race goes to Japan (unwatchable), and ace of the season goes to… the guy I can’t stand because he’s too good: Max Verstappen, losing the title by two points after erasing a 104-point gap.