Best Driver: Schmacher (24th to 5th without a top 3 car...enough said) Worst Driver: Senna (he should know to break early if unsure about full tanks) Best Rookie: DiResta (stayed out of trouble and unlucky with safety car) Best Team: Red Bull (100% reliability, perfect strategy, perfect race) Worst Team: Williams (always so slow despite upgrade after upgrade ) Best Overtake: Webber on Alonso at Eau Rouge (beautiful) Funniest-moment: Jenson saying "sorry the OTHER GUY didnt finish" on the radio Most Surprising Result: Schumacher 5th Least Surprising Result: Vettel 1st Special Mention to: Torro Rosso, very fast all weekend. Race Rating: 5/10 (overtaking was too easy imo) Best BBC commentator/presenter: MB and DC Worst BBC commentator/presenter: N/A Best Commentary moment: N/A Overall BBC coverage rating: 8/10
Best Driver: Michael Schumacher. Great drive. Worst Driver: Nico Rosberg. Leads the race, and ends up behind his team mate who started last. Best Rookie: Pastor Maldonado. Scored his first point. Best Team: Red Bull. 1-2 says it all Worst Team: HRT. Best Overtake: Webber on Alonso through Eau Rouge Funniest-moment: Ferrari's going wheel to wheel, and Alonso nearly taking the pair of them out. Most Surprising Result: Button 3rd, in the dry. Least Surprising Result: Vettel on the podium. Special Mention to: Scumacher, Button, Trulli. Jarno won me 35 points this weekend. Race Rating: 10/10. it's spa, would it be any other rating than 10? Best BBC commentator/presenter: Brundle Worst BBC commentator/presenter: Lee, still haven't figured out why she's there. Best Commentary moment: None stand out. Overall BBC coverage rating: 6/10 a bit dull this weekend.
Best Driver: Schumacher Worst Driver: Hamilton Best Rookie: Senna Best Team: Red Bull sadly but clearly Worst Team: McLarren, for sticking with Hamilton Best Overtake: Schumacher's first lap Funniest-moment: Hamilton Crashing out Most Surprising Result: Hamilton not being called to the Steward's office Least Surprising Result: Hamilton Crashing out Special Mention to: Senna, Schumacher, Alonso, Button - Top Performances! Race Rating: 7/10 Best BBC commentator/presenter: Brundle Worst BBC commentator/presenter: Eddie Jordan Best Commentary moment: Coulthards Jaw's impression, and his ninja comment Overall BBC coverage rating: 7/10. BRING BACK A PROPER POST RACE FORUM!
Best driver: Schumacher AND Button. Inseparable. Worst Driver: Kobayashi - Kobaysmashy more like. Not so much for the Hamilton incident but for the useless bit of driving which wrecked Rubens's front wing. Bang in the middle of the track going into the corner and breaks stupidly early. Best rookie: Maldonado - excellent response to the stupid shenanigans of yesterday Best team: Red Bull - stayed out of trouble and handled the graining tyres well. A deserved 1/2 Worst team: Williams again. One point is measly Best overtake: Jenson on Schumi. Watching Button was like watching poetry in motion Funniest moment: David Coulthard's rendition of the Jaws theme tune Most surprising result: Schumacher's storming drive to 5th Least surprising result: Vettel on podium Special mention to: Nico Rosberg for a truly outstanding start Race rating: 8/10 Best BBC commentator/presenter: David Coulthard Worst: None Best BBC commentary moment: DC's Jaws Overall BBC coverage: 8/10.
Best Driver: Michael Schumacher Worst Driver: Hamilton Best Rookie: Maldonado Best Team: Red Bull - Mclaren(Button's side)- Mercedes (Schumacher's side) Worst Team: Torro Rosso Best Overtake: Schumacher's first lap Funniest-moment: Torro Rosso rear wing Most Surprising Result: Schumacher 24th to 5th Least Surprising Result: Rookies crashing in the 1st corner Special Mention to: Vettel, Schumacher, Alonso, Button - Top Performances! Race Rating: 9/10 Best BBC commentator/presenter: Brundle + Coulthard Worst BBC commentator/presenter: Eddie Jordan - Schumacher old fart ? Shut up stupid old boot Best Commentary moment: Coulthards Jaw's impression, and his ninja comment - Brundle "Schumacher is coming to get you... jaws theme Overall BBC coverage rating: 9/10
What's wrong with that comment? Seb was awesome this weekend. Manny: I object to Toro Rosso getting worst team, they showed great pace all through Friday and Saturday and then had their cars wiped out by other drivers. Really feel for their whole team, they must be gutted after qualifying so strongly.
Yep, I have to agree about Toro Rosso. It really looked like they'd be on for their best race of the year after quali and it was crushing to see both cars taken out like that, especially given the real consistent improvement they've made over the season so far. Better luck in Monza.
Idd, won qualifying and race day with some good overtakes to boot, couldnt of done any better, yeah people went up the field but Seb was just a class of his own this weekend. To be honest Ferrari were lucky that Red Bull couldn't replace the tyres or they would of won by "miles".
What was the deal with the tyres? Had Red Bull gone past the limit and they hadn't held up or had they gone to the limit and had problems? If Red Bull had gone too far it was a ridiculous decision on their part, especially with such little running in practice. If they'd gone to the limit and they didn't behave as Pirelli had suggested they should've been allowed to make changes to the car.
Too much camber on qualifying since with the lack of running in the dry, RBR went beyond what Pirelli recomended and blisters were already showing after qualifying. Of all the GP's to get a "get out of jail card" this was it to be honest. Great drive by both considering the tyre problems.
Best Driver: Schumacher. Rosberg was leading the race on merit, but he used a little too much fuel in the process. For Schumacher to beat him from the back of the grid in a straight fight puts him a nose ahead of Button today in my opinion. Worst Driver: Kobayashi. I'm not in any way resentful for the Hamilton incident, that was a racing incident and for once the stewards got it right. But I love Kamui for providing clean fireworks in his usually successful bid to take minor points, and making the most of uncertainty. He did none of those things today, Best Rookie: Di Resta, denied a point by bad luck and yesterday's farcical decision. Best Team: Red Bull. If we were only judging on Sunday I could make a case for McLaren setting the car up properly, but yesterday's mistake in Q2 probably lost them the race. Worst Team: Accident related retirements aside I'm struggling to pinpoint any team and say they were considerably better or worse than I would expect. I'll say Sauber, but it's harsh to pick anyone out. Best Overtake: Definitely Webber on Alonso. There were some beautiful looking moves in the last corner from Button and Schumacher in particular, but you won't see a gutsier pass than that all season. Funniest-moment: Hamilton referring to Kobayashi as "whoever I was racing". Although that's tinged with regret, because if Hamilton had realised it was Kobayashi, he would have known exactly what to expect by moving over to the racing line. Most Surprising Result: Schumacher finishing ahead of Rosberg, given where they qualified. Least Surprising Result: Maldonado scoring his first point. It was always going to happen after he was farcically allowed to race. Special Mention to: Button, for not getting driver of the day, and Torro Rosso, for the signs of genuine pace that they have showed this weekend. Race Rating: 8/10. The ingredients were there for a 10, but yesterday's decision and the fact that yet again a safety car played into Red Bulls' hands soured it a little for me. I don't begrudge them the win, as they're a great team and great teams win at Spa. But without the safety car and with Hamilton still running, I think we would have had a four car battle for the race win.
Best Driver: Button Worst Driver: Hamilton, another poor crash-out due to lack of attention Best Rookie: Maldonado Best Team: Redbull Worst Team: HRT Best Overtake: Button on Schumacher Funniest-moment: Most Surprising Result: Schumacher Least Surprising Result: Vettel Special Mention to:Alonso drove very sensibly when a few crazy overtakes were attempted on him, another driver and a few would've ended in a nasty accident Race Rating: 8/10 Best BBC commentator/presenter: Brundle Worst BBC commentator/presenter: Best Commentary moment: Overall BBC coverage rating: 7/10
Best Driver: Jenson Button Worst Driver: Bruno Senna Best Rookie: Paul di Resta. Maldonado might have got my vote this weekend but yesterday's hot-headed reaction blotted his book. Best Team: Red Bull Worst Team: HRT but Williams aren't far ahead! Best Overtake: Mark Webber on Alonso for sheer 'balls' but some of Button's overtakes were sheer class. Funniest-moment: David Coulthard sporting a Schumacher T shirt. Most Surprising Result: Michael Schumacher out-scoring his team mate. Least Surprising Result: Bruno Senna causing mayhem at the first corner. Special Mention to: Michael Schumacher for 20 years⦠Race Rating: 8/10 Best BBC commentator/presenter: Martin Brundle Worst BBC commentator/presenter: Jake Humphries is very good and I think he does a great job but I am becoming irritated by the rather patronizing "well done" he delivers to many of his interviewees when he's finished with them. Best Commentary moment: None stand out. Overall BBC coverage rating: 8.5/10
Best Driver: Michael Schumacher Worst Driver: Lewis Hamilton Best Rookie: Paul Di Resta Best Team: Red Bull Worst Team: Toro Rosso Best Overtake: Webber on Alonso Funniest-moment: Hamilton making love with yet another barrier Most Surprising Result: Michael Schumacher Least Surprising Result: Felipe Massa Special Mention to: Bruno Senna, Sebastian Vettel Race Rating: 8.5 /10
Best Driver: Button Worst Driver: Hamilton unfortunately Best Rookie: Di Resta Best Team: McLaren Worst Team: Williams Best Overtake: Button on Alonso and Webber on Alonso Funniest-moment: Webber taking Alonso at Eau Rouge Most Surprising Result: Schumacher Least Surprising Result: Vettel Special Mention to: Schumacher, great race old man well planned and good overtakes here and there! Race Rating: 7/10 Best BBC commentator/presenter: DC Worst BBC commentator/presenter: None today Best Commentary moment: DC hiding when Webber overtook Alonso at Eau Rouge Overall BBC coverage rating: 7/10
Winners of the Belgian awards are : Best Driver: Jenson Button - 2nd race in a row Worst driver:Lewis Hamilton Best Rookie: Pastor Maldonado Best Team: Red Bull Worst Team : Ferrari + HRT Race rating Average: 8.32
Best Driver Jenson Button (4) Lewis Hamilton (3) Sebastian Vettel (2) Fernando Alonso (2) Nick Heidfeld (1) Worst Driver Felipe Massa (3) Lewis Hamilton (3) Michael Schumacher (2) Narain Karthikeyan (1) Nico Rosberg (1) Pastor Maldonado (1) Sebastian Vettel (1) Best Rookie Sergio Perez (4) Paul Di Resta (3) Jerome D'ambrosio (2) Pastor Maldonado (2) Daniel Ricciardo (1) Best Team McLaren (5) Red Bull (5) Ferrari (2) Worst Team Mclaren (3) HRT (3) Williams (2) Ferrari (2) Virgin (1) Red Bull (1) Renault (1) Best Race Canada (9.50) China (9.48) Hungary (8.82) Belgium (8.32) Germany (8.30) Malaysia (8.21) Monaco (8.10) Silverstone (7.87) Turkey (7.77) Spain (7.25) Australia (6.20) Europe (3.34)
Hamilton is the second best driver and the equal worst driver. McLaren is also the equal best and worst team. Cheers for the adding up SportyDan
