Best Driver: Hamilton with Perez a close second, stand by my comments in the GP thread that due to poor qualifying performance he "lucked" into his race startegy! Worst Driver: Not sure anyone had a real mare but you could give it to either of the Redbull drivers, Vettel for being naughty and Webber for being just plain slow! Best Rookie(Grosjean,Pic,Ricciardo,Vergne): Grosjean, by his absence found out the other rookies just aren't that good, maybe harsh on the others given their cars are crap but, apart from the issues Grosjean has with running into people, he's a damn finer racer! Best Team: McLaren, 3 wins on the bounce, if not for a puncture at the German GP, could have seen Hamilton take that race too (he proved he had the pace by unlapping himself!) Worst Team: With two DNFs and their resources, gotta give it to RedBull Best Overtake: Too many to mention but Perez move into Parabolica against Massa and again his move against Alonso into the Ascari chicane. Funniest-moment: None that I can think! Most Surprising Result: Maldonado not using more than one front wing! Least Surprising Result: Ferrari getting a favorable decision at home ;-) (but in all fairness, it was the right call the more I look at the incident) Special Mention to: Massa, fighting for a contract but he's down well lately! Race Rating: 8.12/10. Best Commentator/Presenter overall: Brundle or Coulthard, Corft sucks!
Best Driver: Hamilton. Want to say Perez but I can't see what else Hamilton could have done this weekend. P1 in quali and fully controlled the race whilst managing his tyres Worst Driver: Webber - seemed off the boil Best Rookie(Grosjean,Pic,Ricciardo,Vergne): Ricciardo - good race, cruel luck Best Team: McLaren - Buttons dnf was a random, other than that was a good weekend Worst Team: Red Bull, despite Ferrari struggling with what they kept telling us was by far the fastest car this weekend. Best Overtake: Perez on Kimi Funniest-moment: Smedley with his dodgy team orders, its allowed now boys. Most Surprising Result: Perez p2, although I'm surprised Hamilton had it so easy, he must have been really on it. Least Surprising Result: The unsporting tifosi - Just pipping Vettel's penalty Special Mention to: Perez and Massa Race Rating: 8.9/10 - Pretty much always something going on Best Commentator/Presenter overall: Saw it on sky so Brundle
I have to agree it is unacceptable, but I cannot understand why there is so much comotion for one man. This should have been stopped ages ago, by the likes of Bernie and co. And if Lewis was bothered, he would have filed up a case of some sort against the Monza Gp hosts. Also Cosi, I meant Vettel on Alonso was funny, not in the sense that I would laugh at it, but because it was the same scenario last year, on the same turn with the same drivers, This time a driver was punished.
Italian Award Winners: Best Driver: Sergio Perez (13 votes) Worst Driver: Mark Webber (8 votes) Best Rookie: Charles Pic (8 votes) Best Team: Mclaren (13 votes) Worst Team: Red Bull (10 votes) Race Rating: 6.88 Italian awards 2011 19 voters in total, thanks to all
Total for season : Best Driver Fernando Alonso (3) Jenson Button (2) Lewis Hamilton (2) Mark Webber (2) Kimi Raikkonen (1) Nico Rosberg (1) Pastor Maldonado (1) Sergio Perez (1) Worst Driver Felipe Massa (3) Michael Schumacher (2) Pastor Maldonado (2) Romain Grosjean (2) Jean Eric Vergne (1) Jenson Button (1) Kimi Raikkonen (1) Mark Webber (1) Nico Rosberg (1) Sergio Perez (1) Best Rookie Romain Grosjean (7) Jean Eric Vergne (3) Charles Pic (2) Daniel Ricciardo (1) Best Team Lotus Renault (3) Mclaren (3) Sauber (3) Ferrari (1) Force India (1) Mercedes (1) Red Bull (1) Worst Team Mclaren (5) HRT (3) Mercedes (2) Williams (2) Ferrari (1) Red Bull (1) Best Race Malaysia (8.92) China (8.82) Europe (8.62) Australia (7.92) Spain (7.62) Canada (7.60) Germany (7.44) Belgium (7.19) Britain (7.08) Italy (6.88) Bahrain (6.76) Hungary (3.45) Monaco (2.92)
This for me. Agree about Edward everyday over "Crofty" Seriously? I cringed when Brundle called him that. Murray Walker would never have it if he was called "Muzza" because he was good enough as he is, just like Ben Edwards...or should that be Benzo? No - Edwards is the consummate professional who only has a great deal of knowledge and passion for his duties as THE voice of F1 and faraway from the cheesy sideshow of nicknames and irritants that fill a Sky Sports commentary box whether it's f1 or any other sport.
