Best Driver: Worst Driver: Best Rookie (Gutierrez, Bottas, Van Der Garde , Bianchi, Chilton): Best Team: Worst Team: Best Overtake: Funniest-moment: Most Surprising Result: Least Surprising Result: Special Mention to: Race Rating: /10
Best Driver: Paul Di Resta? Worst Driver: Gutierrez Best Rookie (Gutierrez, Bottas, Van Der Garde , Bianchi, Chilton): Best Team: Lotus Worst Team: Sauber Best Overtake: Alonso on Button no DRS Funniest-moment: The hilarious Bharaini cardboard F1 car on fire Most Surprising Result: Grosjean and Di Resta fighting for 3rd Least Surprising Result: Fernandos bad luck. Not first time DRS has been funny Special Mention to: Caterham, they stepped up Race Rating: 8/10
Best Driver: Vettel Worst Driver: Gutierrez Best Rookie (Gutierrez, Bottas, Van Der Garde , Bianchi, Chilton): Bottas Best Team: Lotus Worst Team: Torro Rosso/Mercedes Best Overtake: Loads Funniest-moment: None Most Surprising Result: Di-Resta 4th Least Surprising Result: Massa Strategy Screwed, Gutierrez Being ****e Special Mention to: Grosjean and Perez and PDR Race Rating: 7/10
Best Driver: Sergio Perez. Vettel was too obvious, so i say Perez because he manned up today and showed JB who was boss, and despite what Forza says, his move on Alonso was excellent too. Worst Driver: The other Mexican. Why is he in F1? Seriously, if Carlos Slim wants to bankroll mexicans into F1, surely there have to be better drivers in the junior formulae Best Rookie (Gutierrez, Bottas, Van Der Garde , Bianchi, Chilton): Bottas Best Team: Lotus. Great strategy and a double podium Worst Team: Lotus. Horrific qualifying that cost them a shot at a win Best Overtake: Perez on Alonso Funniest-moment: Brundle's reference to Nico's "drunken Rosberg movement" Most Surprising Result: Grosjean on the podium Least Surprising Result: Vettel on the podium Special Mention to: Fernando Alonso, Kimi Raikkonen. Race Rating: 6/10
Best Driver: Pic Worst Driver: Gutierrez Best Rookie (Gutierrez, Bottas, Van Der Garde , Bianchi, Chilton): Bianchi, but they were all poor today Best Team: Red Bull Worst Team: Marussia Best Overtake: Hamilton on Webber Funniest-moment: Dire Resta missing out on a podium Most Surprising Result: I expected Gutierrez to struggle but WOW! Least Surprising Result: Vettel gets lucky Special Mention to: Alonso for fighting back Race Rating: 1/10
Best Driver: Di Resta Worst Driver: Gutierrez Best Rookie (Gutierrez, Bottas, Van Der Garde , Bianchi, Chilton): Bottas although nobody shone Best Team: Caterham - found 0.5s this weekend and Pic wasn't far from Ricciardo. Worst Team: Ferrari - why they didn't tell Alonso not to use DRS after it failed the first time is beyond me. Best Overtake: Button, Perez and Rosberg side by side into T1 Funniest-moment: "Drunk Rosberg Move" from Brundle on commentary Most Surprising Result: The pace of the Force India Least Surprising Result: Vettel winning Special Mention to: Alonso's fightback, and Pic doing a great job. Race Rating: 7/10
Best Driver: Vettel Worst Driver: Gutierrez Best Rookie: Bianchi Best Team: Force India Worst Team: Probably Sauber Best Overtake: So many Funniest-moment: Hamilton's engineer: "OK Lewis, pace is good" LH: "Doesn't feel that way man" Most Surprising Result: Di Resta Least Surprising Result: Another amazing race at Bahrain Special Mention to: Grosjean, Di Resta, Hamilton, Perez, Alonso... Race Rating: 10/10 - Amazing racing the whole way through.
Best Driver: DI RESTA Worst Driver: Gutierrez Best Rookie: Bianchi Best Team: Renault for their strategy. Worst Team: Ferrari... every-time the same issues? Best Overtake: Perez on Alonso Funniest-moment: Weird commentator analogies.... Most Surprising Result: Force India pace Least Surprising Result: Vettel pulls a gap to 2nd, eases to win, and pisses me off. Special Mention to: Grosjean and Alonso. Race Rating: 9/10 - Very good race, slightly marked down by Vettel's dominance. Had Kimi or Fernando not had some bad luck, it could have been a legendary race!
Best Driver: Alonso, so much bad luck and still got points Worst Driver: Button? Way too aggressive and moaned too much Best Rookie (Gutierrez, Bottas, Van Der Garde , Bianchi, Chilton): Best Team: Red Bull are best yet again Worst Team: Williams Best Overtake: Perez on Button Funniest-moment: di Resta cracking under pressure again Most Surprising Result: Grosjean being good in a car which isnt the same as Kimi's Least Surprising Result: Alonso gets unlucky/Vettel and di Resta get lucky Special Mention to: Sutil aka the unluckiest person alive Race Rating: 6/10
Best Driver: Di Resta Worst Driver: Gutierrez Best Rookie (Gutierrez, Bottas, Van Der Garde , Bianchi, Chilton): Bianchi Best Team: Red Bull Worst Team: Ferrari Best Overtake: Button/Perrez/Grosjean/Rosberg Funniest-moment: Alonso's DRS sticks open again. Most Surprising Result: Perez 6th Least Surprising Result: Raikkonen podium Special Mention to: Perez, Vettel, Alonso Race Rating: 9.5/10
Best Driver: Pérez above Grosjean and Lewis because he really fought on the limit to get his result. Worst Driver: Gutiérrez Best Rookie: Best Team: Lotus Worst Team: Ferrari threw it all away Best Overtake: Lewis on Webber Funniest-moment: Lewis on team radio Most Surprising Result: Pérez Least Surprising Result: Vettel Special Mention to: Grosjean, Lewis, di Resta, Alonso and Maldonado for heroic drives Race Rating: 9/10
Best Driver: Grosjean Worst Driver: Gutierrez Best Rookie (Gutierrez, Bottas, Van Der Garde , Bianchi, Chilton): Bianchi, just about Best Team: Lotus Worst Team: Williams Best Overtake: Anyone involving Rosberg Funniest-moment: Drunk Rosberg Most Surprising Result: di Resta Least Surprising Result: from lap 3 onwards - Vettel Special Mention to: Pic, Alonso, di Resta Race Rating: 9/10 - had everything bar a fight for the lead
Best Driver: Grosjean Worst Driver: Gutierrez Best Rookie (Gutierrez, Bottas, Van Der Garde , Bianchi, Chilton): Bottas Best Team: Lotus Worst Team: Ferrari (Why send Alonso back out and make him use DRS?) Best Overtake: Any of Alonso's without DRS Funniest-moment: Brundle's hilarous reference to Rosberg 'drunk movement' Most Surprising Result: Grosjean's pace Least Surprising Result: Mercedes tyre wear being awful Special Mention to: Kimi, Lewis, Sergio for stellar drives. Thought Alonso drove superbly as well considering his problems Race Rating: 9/10
Best Driver: di Resta/Vettel Worst Driver: Gutierrez Best Rookie: Bianchi Best Team: Lotus Worst Team: Ferrari Best Overtake: So many really good battles it is a very difficult choice. I think the absolute best was, after a titanic battle, probably Hamilton on Webber. Funniest-moment: Button asking his team to slow Perez down! Most Surprising Result: Alonso finishing so far back. Least Surprising Result: Vettel win. Special Mention to: McLaren for not calling the shots despite desperate racing between their team mates. This team is probably the best example of 'sportsmen' (and women) in F1 today, closely followed by Lotus. Race Rating: 9/10. A classic. Not quite a 10 because there was no realistic struggle for top spot on the podium.
What? They were half a second faster than last week, and Pic comfortably beat the Marussia's, and wasn't far off Ricciardo. Van Der Gaarde tangled in the first corner with Vergne, although from what I've seen it wasn't his fault. To call them the worst team seems pretty harsh, or am I missing something?
Best Driver: Perez - First thought was Vettel but for the turn around in form it has to be Perez Worst Driver: Gutierrez - Obvs Best Rookie (Gutierrez, Bottas, Van Der Garde , Bianchi, Chilton): Bottas Best Team: Lotus Worst Team: Williams Best Overtake: LH on Webber, although Perez in general was entertaining Funniest-moment: Drunk Rosberg Most Surprising Result: di Resta 4th. Although Hamilton 5th compared to what was happening mid race Least Surprising Result: Lotus Special Mention to: Vettel, di Resta, Hamilton, Alonso Race Rating: 9/10 - Shame about the 0 battle for the win but the rest of the battles was amazeballs.
Best Driver: between Vettel, Paul Di Resta and Perez, will give to Perez. Worst Driver: Esteban Best Rookie (Gutierrez, Bottas, Van Der Garde , Bianchi, Chilton): Bottas Best Team: Lotus Worst Team: Ferrari, the DRS is broke, tell Alonso not to use the bleeding thing! Best Overtake: Which one? Hard to narrow down anyone in particular! Funniest-moment: Bernie on Radio Five Live not ruling out a race in Syria! Most Surprising Result: Alonso not making the podium Least Surprising Result: Sutil badluck? Special Mention to: all drivers from 4 to 10th, well bloody done! Race Rating: 8/10, lack of race for the lead cost it a higher rating.
Actually, you're quite right, DHC. I must have had a 'Forza' moment! (No offence intended, Forza. But DHC has corrected my memory lapse). I'll go back and change it. Thanks DHC.
