First questions, everyone seems to be agreeing, and so do I with a tight call between Button and Alonso for driver of the day, probably in that order for me though. First thoughts on Sky - They might as well just put Georgie in a bikini and be done with it, as that's all that she is there for. The patronizing/simple questions might be being aimed a the Sky Sports Footbalist supporter-ers that might have strayed onto Sky F1, who Sky think can only have their attention held by some totty and not being made to think too much, but it's not for me. Crofty needs a little time to realise that he isn't on the radio any more and needs to stop telling us how many car lengths there are between cars, we can see with our own eye Crofty, that's how TV works. I miss Eddie, DC and Jake though, but maybe the new team will bed in. Damon is good and knowledgeable, but not exactly Mr charisma and the anchor is not as good as Jake, and the lake of "banter" between DC and Eddie was noticeable I thought. Still early days for Sky tho.
Best Driver: Alonso - Button was supreme but Alonso earned a good chunk of his salary today. Worst Driver: Poor, poor Massa. Very poor. I thought his incident with Senna was 100% Massa's fault. He kept his foot in when he had no chance of staying on the circuit. Best Rookie: Vergne I suppose. Raikkonen put in a decent race, too. Best Team: McLaren Worst Team: I dunno. Mercedes - should be better than 2011 and perhaps they will be but not today. Best Overtake: Vettel on Rosberg. Funniest-moment: "Why do I have all the time blue flags?" Most Surprising Result: Alonso. Why was I worried? Least Surprising Result: Massa. Special Mention to: Perez. Race Rating: 6/10 First thoughts on Sky ? Race and qualifying coverage was almost entirely without merit. However, the continuous programming of a dedicated channel is commendable; they just need to provide more variety and less repeat programming.
•Best Driver: Button, Alonso •Worst Driver: Hamilton •Best Rookie: Ricciardo •Best Team: McLaren, Sauber •Worst Team: Surprisingly......HRT •Best Overtake: Raikkonen round the outside •Funniest-moment: Raikkonen complaining about the blue flags •Most Surprising Result: Kobayashi, Ricciardo •Least Surprising Result: HRT •Special Mention to: Maldonado - if he would have just settled for 6th he would have got my vote for best drive; the Saubers' strategy paid dividends; Alonso - how does he do it •Race Rating: 8/10 •First thoughts on Sky: Glad I haven't got it, sounds like a complete waste of money to me. Typical Sky, all glam and little else
I think everyone is being too hard on Massa. He certainly is not as good as Alonso (but who is ) and he took his car up to eighth from sixteenth.He already had a puncture when he hit Senna.
Best Driver: Perez - Sign him up Stefano Worst Driver: Massa - Sack him Stefano Best Rookie: Vergne Best Team: McLaren Worst Team: HRT Best Overtake: Vettel on Rosberg Funniest-moment: Raikkonen Most Surprising Result: Maldonado challenging Alonso for 5th Least Surprising Result: Massa colliding with other drivers Special Mention to: Button and Sauber Race Rating: 9/10 First thoughts on Sky ? A work in progress I hope, probably on par with the BBC, which isn't really good enough considering how much they charge.
His fastest lap was 1.6 seconds slower than his team-mate. He failed to outqualify his team-mate despite his team-mate crashing. He got overtaken by Sauber. His crash into Senna was entirely his fault.
Best Driver: Button Worst Driver: Massa Best Rookie: Vergne Best Team: McLaren Worst Team: HRT Best Overtake: Vergne on Raikkonen Funniest-moment: Something Kimi said but I still do not know what it was. Someone please help! What did he say? Most Surprising Result: Williams' pace Least Surprising Result: Massa crashing into another driver Special Mention to: Kobayashi. I hope he can put in similar performances elsewhere this season Race Rating: 8/10 First thoughts on Sky ? I made my opinion known long ago.
Can't help but feel that the votes for Hammy as worst driver are extremely harsh. He came third... not sure why he'd get a vote over Massa who (imo) has totally lost it. Each to their own though.
Best Driver: Tie between JB and Alonso Worst Driver: Massa Best Rookie: Vergne Best Team: McLaren Worst Team: HRT Best Overtake: Vettel on Rosberg Funniest-moment: Raikkonen's 2blue flags" moment Most Surprising Result: Maldonado racing wheel to wheel with Alonso Least Surprising Result: Vettel's luck with the safety car Special Mention to: Maldonado for really being racy, although I felt he was at fault with Grosjean. Also, crashing on the last lap is pretty poor, he should have just banked the points, especially considering how badly Williams need this to be a good season. Speaking of Grosjean, I think it was a real shame he didn't get to complete the race considering how well he qualified. Race Rating: 8/10 First thoughts on Sky ? I made my thoughts clear on the sky thread. To sum up - Get rid of Georgie Thompson, Kravitz and Davidson were woefully under-used and need more screen time for post race analysis, everything else may get better in time (not that I'll bother getting Sky in any case).
Best Driver: JB (oh Pastor, so nearly you, and Alonso was great too) Worst Driver: Massa, although I feel like giving it to Pastor, Felipe is just crap now. Best Rookie: Vergne, unlucky not to score on his debut. Best Team: McLaren Worst Team: Hilarious Racing Team Best Overtake: Kimi Funniest-moment: Kimi and his blue flags Most Surprising Result: Alonso's 5th Least Surprising Result: Massa being crap Special Mention to: The Sauber drivers Race Rating: 8/10 First thoughts on Sky ? it's blue.
Best Driver: Button Worst Driver: Karhekayen Best Team: McLaren Worst Team: HRT Best Overtake: Vettel on Rosberg Funniest-moment: RAIKKONEN and the blue flags Most Surprising Result: Ferrari race pace Least Surprising Result: Mclaren and Red Bull still dominant Special Mention to: Maldonardo and williams Race Rating: 8/10 First thoughts on Sky ? not great but not bad. still not buying sky though
Best Driver: Jenson. Fantastic. Worst Driver: Massa Best Team: Mclaren Worst Team: HRT Best Overtake: Vettel on Rosberg. Funniest-moment: Kimi and the blue flags. Most Surprising Result: Maldonado, fair play to him Least Surprising Result: Massa being **** Special Mention to: Vettel, Alonso, Kobi and Perez Race Rating: 7/10 First thoughts on Sky ? About the same as BBC
â¢Best Driver: Jenson Button. In a league of his own today â¢Worst Driver:Sorry Felipe â¢Best Team:Sauber. 2 cars in the points, no disqualification this time. â¢Worst Team:Mercedes. They need to sort out tyre issues badly â¢Best Overtake:Vettel on Rosberg. â¢Funniest-moment:Kimi forgetting what a blue flag does â¢Most Surprising Result:Red Bull not winning â¢Least Surprising Result:Vettel on podium â¢Special Mention to:Pastor Maldonado. Actually looked like an F1 driver today, not an oil company representative â¢Race Rating: 10/10 F1 is back, that's enough for me â¢First thoughts on Sky ?Don't have it, don't want it. The beeb was excellent
Both Williams drivers were guilty of putting their feet down when they really should have eased off the gas.
Senna was useless, did nothing all race. Maldo just got unlucky with the kerb (i can't believe i'm defending him)
Senna got hit at the start and had to pit, then worked his way up to where Ricciardo was (who scored points in the end) until he got hit and given a puncture by Massa. I think he was more unlucky that useless. As for Maldonado, he did that corner 57 times without crashing so really has no excuse for crashing on the 58th time.
The thing with Maldo is that i just wasn't shocked when that crash happened. He always looked on the edge. It was a great drive but you can't ignore the fact he wrecked it. Senna should probably not be judged on this one, given that his race was ruined by others pretty early on and then again while he was recovering. But then again he should have qualified much higher. It doesn't really matter anyway. Williams can probably be safe in the knoledge that this will be a much better season.
Maldonado has battered Senna all weekend, and Senna is supposed to be the better driver. Therefore, Senna = Dogshite.
That is pretty stupid logic. Maldonado is better than people give him credit for, and Massa beat Alonso over the weekend a couple of times last season, does that make Alonso crap? Answer = no.
