Best Driver: Worst Driver: Best Rookie (Nasr, Verstappen, Sainz): Best Team: Worst Team: Best Overtake: Funniest-moment: Most Surprising Result: Least Surprising Result: Special Mention to: Race Rating: /10 Best Commentator/Presenter
Best Driver: Verstappen, the kid is just incredible Worst Driver: Ricciardo, **** start and many mistakes Best Rookie (Nasr, Verstappen, Sainz): Verstappen Best Team: Mercedes Worst Team: Renault Best Overtake: All Verstappen's Funniest-moment: Rosberg's hissy fit in press conference. Most Surprising Result: Both saubers in points Least Surprising Result: Lewis dominating Special Mention to: Seb, 3 races, 3 podiums Race Rating: 4/10 was ****e bar Verstappen Best Commentator/Presenter: Sky f1 trying to make something out of **** all was pathetic at some times.
Best Driver: Verstappen Worst Driver: Sainz/Maldonado Best Rookie (Nasr, Verstappen, Sainz): Verstappen Best Team: Mercedes Worst Team: Manor/Marussia Best Overtake: Verstappen multiple times. Funniest-moment: Kimi radio. Most Surprising Result: Both Saubers in points. Least Surprising Result: Lewis win, Nico excuses, Kimi bad luck, Pastor crash, Vettel podium. Special Mention to: Sauber, Massa, Kimi, Grosjean and Max. Race Rating: 5/10 Best Commentator/Presenter: ****e. Sky F1 trying to make the race more thrilling than it was.
Best Driver: Lewis - Best car today, but flawless. Worst Driver: Maldando - Car capable of points yet a number of offs and unable to drop the McLarens? Best Rookie (Nasr, Verstappen, Sainz): Verstappen, top Renault runner with multiple overtakes. Best Team: Merc - Dominant but a special mention to Ferrari and Sauber Worst Team: Redbull Best Overtake: Verstappen's we're all good, but the Button re-pace on Maldanado was surprising. Funniest-moment: none of note Most Surprising Result: Ferrai hanging in and the Merc stint lengths. Least Surprising Result: Merc dominance Special Mention to: Vettel and Kimi, and also Alonso for his first race completion. Race Rating: 4/10 Lacked the drama we hoped for at the front Best Commentator/Presenter: Brundle & Ted - **** Crofty off!
Best Driver: Based on the fact you have to finish to get this, I'd give it to Lewis, put his team mate in his place, in total control, however, had he finished, Driver of the day would have been Verstappen! Worst Driver: Not sure Maldando, was worse driver of the day, I think his spins were caused by rear break issues and wasn't at fault when he got bunted off the road by Jenson. Best Rookie (Nasr, Verstappen, Sainz): Verstappen, but as per earlier comments, this years Rookie class is good! Best Team: Merc's back to their dominant best! Worst Team: Redbull, their sister team has the same engine but is doing better, its not just the engine, that car needs looking at too! Best Overtake: All of Verstappen's, boy is special! Funniest-moment: The Chinese marshals doing more damage to the Torro Rosso than the externally combusting Renault! Most Surprising Result: Merc's looking after their tyres better than the Ferrai's Least Surprising Result: Rosberg throwing his toys out of the pram! Special Mention to: The idiot that ran onto the track, next time ask to drive the Manor, you're unlikely to be worse than Mehri! Race Rating: 4/10 other than Verstappen, not much excitement in the race! Best Commentator/Presenter: Didn't think it was possible, but is "The Crofty One" getting worse?
Best Driver: Hamilton or Max. Hamilton fastest in every session over the weekend, Max had a brilliant drive but also lucky that other drivers (Ericsson at least) jumped out of the way to avoid a collision Worst Driver: Maldonado. Two errors in the race ruined a points finish even before Button hit him, which he wouldn't have done had Maldonado not cocked up to be in that position in the first place. Best Rookie (Nasr, Verstappen, Sainz): Verstappen, but praise for Nasr again. Best Team: Mercedes Worst Team: Red Bull. What has happened to them!? Best Overtake: Verstappen on most people! Funniest-moment: Torro Rosso mechanics coming to rescue Verstappen's car from the inept marshalls. Most Surprising Result: Rosberg behind Hamilton Least Surprising Result: Hamilton beat Rosberg Special Mention to: Marussia. Both cars finished. Race Rating: /10: 6/10. Not a thriller, but close enough that you kept watching incase something happened. Best Commentator/Presenter: Do we need this award anymore?
Best Driver: Going to say Massa, had the better of Bottas all weekend and has done all season. Worst Driver: Maldonado - Enough said Best Rookie: Verstappen - I think his racecraft still looks pretty streaky and I'm sure he's going to have his fair share of collisions this season, he reminds me of Hamilton in his first two seasons, or Perez when he was at McLaren, but at the moment he's getting the job done. Best Team: Mercedes Worst Team: Manor Best Overtake: Button on Maldonado, did incredibly well to hold him for several corners to then be close enough to repass using DRS. Shame he had to spoil it by smearing into the back of him next lap. Funniest-moment: Maldonado missing the pitlane Most Surprising Result: Both McLarens finishing Least Surprising Result: Hamilton winning Special Mention to: Grosjean - really rate this guy highly, went under the radar last year because the car was so bad, but he's been driving so well since mid-2013 Race Rating: 6/10 - top six was a procession but there were some entertaining scuffles in the midfield to keep things interesting
Best Driver: Hamilton, I suppose Worst Driver: Maldonado Best Rookie (Nasr, Verstappen, Sainz): Verstappen Best Team: Mercedes' tactics were spot-on this time Worst Team: Renault's engineers Best Overtake: Button re-passing Maldonado Funniest-moment: Pick anything Maldonado did Most Surprising Result: Button crashing Least Surprising Result: Hamilton winning Special Mention to: Vettel kept the Mercs honest; Massa dominated his team-mate; Grosjean scored his first points in forever Race Rating: 5/10 Best Commentator/Presenter: Possibly just because I haven't watched Sky in a while, and a pile of manure would compare favourably to Legard's commentary on the Boat Races yesterday, but Croft was surprisingly tolerable.
Best Driver: Massa, did the best race possible, completely dominating his teammate all weekend despite having the non updated car. Worst Driver: Merhi Christmas because Best Rookie (Nasr, Verstappen, Sainz): Verstappen Best Team: Mercedes Worst Team: Force India? Forced into 3 stopping through tyre deg, slow and bad on tyres! Best Overtake: Maldonado on Ericsson Funniest-moment: The fact I didn't fall asleep Most Surprising Result: Button outqualifying Alonso again Least Surprising Result: Sky big up results from Raikkonen even though he was last out of positions he could have been in. Special Mention to: Grosjean Race Rating: 4/10
Best Driver: Verstappen, another gem from the RBR young drivers program Worst Driver: Maldonado had problems, so he's forgiven, Ricciardo didn't cover his nuts in glory. Best Rookie (Nasr, Verstappen, Sainz): Verstappen Best Team: Merc Worst Team: Manor Best Overtake: there were a few enjoyable tussles, but the Maldo/Button one wasprobably the pick of the bunch Funniest-moment: I don't know if funny is the right term, but 6 or seven people trying to move an F1 car dead-steering when there was a pit-lane full of specially designed trolly jacks for exacty that job standing not 10 feet away struck me as absurd, Max's car could've been moved in under a minute. Most Surprising Result: I'm trying to think of something that was a surprise Least Surprising Result: the top 6 Special Mention to: Hamilton, Vettel, Massa and Nasr Race Rating: 8/10 if you took Max out I don't know how good a spectacle it would've been Best Commentator/Presenter
Best Driver: Massa. Was the only front runner who made a difference against a comparative team mate. Worst Driver: Maldonado. Struggling in F1? Was not an experianced drive. Best Rookie (Nasr, Verstappen, Sainz): Verstappen Best Team: Mercedes, fended off ferrari with strategy Worst Team: STR & Red Bull Probably was Renaults fault this time Best Overtake: Button on Maldo, helping both mclarens get past!! Funniest-moment: Hamiltons burning bum. R5 suggested he used his large wage to pad his back pocket! Most Surprising Result: Mclaren not making the jump Least Surprising Result: Hamilton Pole convert to win. Special Mention to: Grosjean, Quietly scored some good points Race Rating: 4/10
Best Driver: Nobody particularly shone, Grosjean deserves recognition. Worst Driver: Ricciardo - Maldo was at least entertaining. Best Rookie (Nasr, Verstappen, Sainz, Merhi, Stevens(?)): Verstappen - he'll have this wrapped up by mid season. Best Team: Mercedes Worst Team: Force India, clearly given up until the B Spec car arrives after Monaco Best Overtake: Button's tussle with Maldo was great til the end Funniest-moment: The marshals inability to shift the Toro Rosso Most Surprising Result: Button causing a collision Least Surprising Result: Hamilton winning Special Mention to: Massa, Stevens Race Rating: 5/10 Best Commentator/Presenter: Jack Nicholls
Best Driver: Hamilton. Faultless, 'full house' weekend. Pole. Spotlessly controlled race. Also appears to have Rosberg buried – for the moment at least… Worst Driver: Madlado (sic). Hot-headed at times and still over-reaching himself. Such attributes should have been banished long ago. Best Rookie: Verstappen. (Maldonado, take note). Best Team: Mercedes. Worst Team: Jointly; Red Bull and Manor. Best Overtake: Two nominations. Button's defence against Maldonado was superb, during which he executed a masterful overtake (yes, the battle ended in tears but that's separate). My other nominee is Verstappen. Despite his tender age, his instinctive timing is balanced with a beautiful sensitivity on the limit; it already looks Hamilton-like. He is showing far more experienced drivers how it should be done. Funniest-moment: Rosberg asking for the guy he needs to beat to be told to speed up! (Eh? …scratches head…) Most Surprising Result: Ericsson. Big improvement. Almost nominated for 'Special Mention' (below). Least Surprising Result: Hamilton's win and McLaren still languishing toward the tail-end; and although I'd hoped they might make it into Q2, I wasn't surprised they didn't. Special Mention to: Grosjean; solid job. Race Rating: 5.5/10
Best Driver: Lewis Worst Driver: Button for clumsily taking out Maldonado Best Rookie: Nasr but how would we ever know what Mehri or Stevens can do? Best Team: Mercedes Worst Team: Red Bull but Manor need to get their **** together fast Best Overtake: The Maldo-Button tussle was the only entertaining part of the race for me Funniest-moment: The ongoing Rosberg meltdown Most Surprising Result: Sauber 4th in the constructors' - bravo! Least Surprising Result: Merc 1-2 Special Mention to: Kimi - safety car denied us a fight with his team mate, I think. Grosjean - quietly effective. Jules Bianchi - praying for a miracle, even though I'm not one for God Race Rating: 5/10 Not much of a spectacle, unfortunately Best Commentator/Presenter: The guy on Spanish TV who slips into simultaneous translation at a spilt-second's notice. I find it hard to imagine 'Crofty' managing such a thing. Crofty is crass.
Best Driver: There were some sterling drives this race but overall I'd say Hamilton sneaks it. Worst Driver: Maldonado seemed all over the shop Best Rookie (Nasr, Verstappen, Sainz): Verstappen, putting the "too young" brigade in their place! Best Team: Mercedes Worst Team: Red Bull, it's not just the engine, that is becoming obvious. Best Overtake: Button put on a good show until the punting, so Verstappen nicks it! Funniest-moment: Many to chose from, Maldanado, retrieving the STR, Rosbergs post race face, Maldanado... Most Surprising Result: It kind of went as expected so nothing? Least Surprising Result: The podium Special Mention to: Ferrari boys, Verstappen, Nasr, Grosjean. Like I said at the start, lots of nice drives throughout the field. Race Rating: 5/10 Best Commentator/Presenter: They're all getting pretty bad
