History Series / Hyperdrive2019

* AwesomeMcCoolName: The very first driver introduced is called Fielding Shredder, and the announcers point out that it's his actual name.

* AwesomeButImpractical:
** Jordan Martin's Lamborghini. It looks incredibly cool and is very fast in a straight line, but as the commentators repeatedly point out, it's not a car set up for drifting, and it shows when Martin struggles with the accuracy challenges.

* YankTheDogsChain: [[spoiler: As noted in the RedHerring section, Joao Barion was unable to complete the final course. Why? Well, in the first obstacle, Slideways (2 adjacent targets a car length apart), while successfully completing it, he bumped the front of the car too hard into the target, causing the radiator to leak. Surprisingly, he continued to deliver a perfect lap through two-thirds of the course, leaving everyone worried that the engine would overheat and make the car conk out. And on Walk On Water, it did just that at the last possible moment, causing him to mis-hit the second target and stray off of the elevated path into the pool, stalling the car. Fortunately, it roars back to life to allow him to complete Target Zone, but just as he's about to go down the rail slide, it stalls again... and this time, for good.]]
* WeakButSkilled: The field is packed with high horsepower drift cars, but a few contestants running lightly modified street cars managed to sneak into the knockout rounds. These cars are slower, but are easier to handle due to their lack of power and are more reliable. As previously mentioned, Brittany Williams was able to make it pretty far in the competition all due to her Nissan's durability and her driving skill.

** Fielding Shredder's aggressive driving style looks cool and gains him time when it works out, but it also produces unforced errors.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[spoiler: Axel François states he doesn't want to finish in the top three and automatically advance through the qualifiers because he's having so much fun and getting lots of practice driving the course. He ends up driving through every qualifying round, every knockout round and two head-to-head eliminator races. At the end of the season, the announcers state he has indeed driven more than any other competitor.]]

** The rest of the competition itself becomes this in the later knockout rounds, with the new course layouts focusing more on car control and the organizers raising the severity of the penalties.

If you were looking for the 2006 British comedy, see [[Series/{{Hyperdrive}} Series.Hyperdrive]].

* AwesomeButImpractical: Jordan Martin's Lamborghini. It looks incredibly cool and is very fast in a straight line, but as the commentators repeatedly point out, it's not a car set up for drifting, and it shows when Martin struggles with the accuracy challenges.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[spoiler:: Axel François states he doesn't want to finish in the top three and automatically advance through the qualifiers because he's having so much fun and getting lots of practice driving the course. He ends up driving through every qualifying round, every knockout round and two head-to-head eliminator races. At the end of the season, the announcers state he has indeed driven more than any other competitor.]]

* RecycledINSPACE: The show can be described as ''Series/AmericanNinjaWarrior'' with cars.

*** [[spoilers: Diego Higa of all people was the first to take this penalty, which speaks to the difficulty of this challenge.]]

*** [[spoilers: And who of all people suffers the penalty first? DIEGO HIGA.]]

* RidiculouslyDifficultRoute: During the knockout rounds, contestants can either return to the start by driving through Walk on Water a second time or balance their cars on a pair of rails and slide past the obstacle. The qlatter is much faster, but comes at the risk of underbody damage, with one driver losing a radiator in the process.

*** [[And who of all people suffers the penalty first? DIEGO HIGA.]]

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Axel François states he doesn't want to finish in the top three and automatically advance through the qualifiers because he's having so much fun driving the course. He ends up driving through every qualifying round, every knockout round and two head-to-head eliminator races. At the end of the season, the announcers state he has indeed driven more than any other competitor.

* RedHerring: [[spoiler Initially, everyone thought the finals would come to a dramatic climax between Diego Higa and Joao Barion (the top two overall in the competition). Unfortunately, Joao gets a DNF while Alex Francois places second, as noted below.]]

* YankTheDogsChain: [[spoiler As noted in the RedHerring section, Joao Barion was unable to complete the final course. Why? Well, in the first obstacle, Slideways (2 adjacent targets a car length apart), while successfully completing it, he bumped the front of the car too hard into the target, causing the radiator to leak. Surprisingly, he continued to deliver a perfect lap through two-thirds of the course, leaving everyone worried that the engine would overheat and make the car conk out. And on Walk On Water, it did just that at the last possible moment, causing him to mis-hit the second target and stray off of the elevated path into the pool, stalling the car. Fortunately, it roars back to life to allow him to complete Target Zone, but just as he's about to go down the rail slide, it stalls again... and this time, for good.]]