Sebastian Vettel might not have won a grand prix in 2016 but he definitely wins the award for the best -- and sweariest -- race radio for the year. ESPN rounds up some of his most colourful rants from the four-time world champion.
"OK I made contact. I had no chance to avoid, I had the Red Bull coming up the inside like a mad man and I hit Kimi."
Vettel kicks off his angry radio rants in fine style in China, complaining about Daniil Kvyat's ballsy lunge down the inside at Turn 1 -- one which caused Vettel to make contact with Ferrari teammate Kimi Raikkonen.
"Just to copy you again, Kvyat's attack was suicidal. There was always going to be a crash, no way with the speed he had he could have done the corner."
Vettel, probably feeling guilty at hitting Raikkonen, continues to complain about the Russian's move. He'd get a big serving of déjà vu at the next race...
"Oh for f--- sake, man! Who the f---! Oh, I'm out. Crash. Somebody hit me in the f---ing rear in Turn 2, then someone hit me in the f---ing rear again in Turn 3. Honestly. What the f--- are we doing here?"
A radio rant for the ages. Vettel completely loses the plot after coming to a standstill in the wall at the start of the Russian Grand Prix, where Kvyat -- this time definitely in the wrong -- had punted him out of the race.
"If I don't avoid that he is just going straight into my car. Honestly, what are we doing? Racing or ping pong?"
Vettel questions Daniel Ricciardo's driving in Spain after the Australian lunges from deep and very nearly pulls off a mega overtake.
"Get this traffic out of the way! Mama mia what the hell is going on!?"
During the Canadian Grand Prix, Vettel shows Ferrari's Italian heritage is rubbing off on him with his excellent exclamation about backmarkers -- one of his favourite topics of the year.
"Alonso is taking a bus tour around Baku."
Vettel gets angry at the driving of Fernando Alonso as the McLaren dawdles around the Baku street circuit during free practice.
"Come on, blue flag! [Censored] that's ridiculous. I mean come on -- seriously!"
Those pesky backmarkers again. We could have compiled a list just on Vettel's blue flag comments (and there are more to come) throughout the year but his anger in Budapest was a sign of things to come later.
"Honestly it's ridiculous, it's ridiculous. Lost a second -- for nothing! [censored]"
Vettel's anger at backmarkers reached fever pitch in Japan, where his frustration levels continued to grow as the race went on.
"Pity sake, make him go! What do you want to know, quick track, difficult to pass, you lose behind another car. It's ridiculous!"
After being bottled up behind a Manor for one corner too many, Vettel's rage continues at Suzuka.
"Blue flags! I mean it can't be true can it!"
Said with a disbelieving laugh, Vettel refuses to let the issue go as he tiptoes around the tight and twisty figure-of-eight circuit.
"OK Sebastian, we have some rear wing drop-outs as you may notice."
"Yeah, some! Some is good, keep joking!"
And they say the German's can't do sarcasm. Vettel scoffs at a radio message from Ferrari about the handling of his car in Austin.
"What an idiot. Complete [censored]."
Vettel again criticises Alonso for driving slowly, this time in Mexico -- though clearly he was just getting warmed up for the main event on Sunday...
"Move, move for f---s sake. He's a [censored], that's what he is"
The beginning of the most epic radio rant we've heard in recent years. Vettel, irate that Max Verstappen would not move over after using all of the Turn 1 run-off area to keep third position, seeths at the teenager's refusal to budge.
"I mean, am I the only one or are you not seeing what I'm seeing!? He's just backing me off into Ricciardo [censored]."
With the other Red Bull of Ricciardo looming larger and larger in his mirrors, Vettel starts to realise exactly what Verstappen's game plan is..
"You know what, here's the message to Charlie: f--k off! Honestly f--k off."
Vettel's astonishing insult towards FIA race director Charlie Whiting after being told the stewards would investigate Verstappen's driving after the grand prix. A contrite Vettel escaped punishment after writing a letter of apology to Whiting in the following days.
"I mean this is just mad, honestly. It's just stupid. Red flag. That's what it is!"
Vettel cannot fathom why the Brazilian Grand Prix has not been red flagged as the rain intensifies on lap 21.