Are we all that underwhelmed by the races these days? 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 Commentator/Presenter:
Best Driver: Raikkonen Worst Driver: Di Resta Best Rookie Gutierrez (for his qualifying at least) Best Team: Red Bull. Dominant Worst Team: Not one really stood out as appalling, so lets say Caterham Best Overtake: Raikkonen on Button Funniest-moment: Webber flagging down Alonso Most Surprising Result: Chilton bearing Bianchi Least Surprising Result: The finger Special Mention to: Raikkonen fighting the pain Race Rating: /10 : 3/10 if only for the bit after the safety car
Best Driver: Sebastian Vettel Worst Driver: Bottas Best Rookie (Gutierrez, Bottas, Van Der Garde , Bianchi, Chilton): Gutierrez (despite race day flop) Best Team: Red Bull by miles Worst Team: Toro Rosso Best Overtake: None stood out Funniest-moment: Sometimes i laughed in disbelief at RB's speed, does that count? Most Surprising Result: Gutierrez out-qualifying Hulk Least Surprising Result: Vettel pole win fastest lap, lead every lap... Special Mention to: Nico Rosberg had a good race, Alonso's start worthy of credit too. Race Rating: 2/10 Best Commentator/Presenter:
Best Driver: Vettel Worst Driver: Ricciardo - forgot he goofed up Best Rookie (Gutierrez, Bottas, Van Der Garde , Bianchi, Chilton): Guiterrez Best Team: Red Bull Worst Team: Mercedes seemed to upset both their drivers today? Best Overtake: To busy in a coma Funniest-moment: People calling it a race Most Surprising Result: Kimi Least Surprising Result: Vettel Special Mention to: Those from 4th to 10th Race Rating: 0.5/10 Best Commentator/Presenter:
Best Driver: V4ttel In a league of his own, AGAIN! Worst Driver: Ricciardo Bone head move into the wall, next year that kind of error will punish him. Best Rookie (Gutierrez, Bottas, Van Der Garde , Bianchi, Chilton): Gutierrez Best Team: RBR Worst Team: Mercedes, had an easy podium and they ****ed it up. Best Overtake: Kimi on Jenson Funniest-moment: Brundle telling the tifosi to chill the **** out and stop the **** slinging Most Surprising Result: Kimi getting on the podium Least Surprising Result: Alonso and those ****ing stupidly good starts he has... Special Mention to: Grosjean, outperformed Kimi all week and just had considerable bad luck. Race Rating: 6.5/10 boring start but the ending was pretty interesting. Knew Seb would win easily. Best Commentator/Presenter: Brundle on the podium.
Best Driver: Vettel was in a class of his own Worst Driver: Ricciardo - wasn't having a particularly good race even before he crashed, unlike Di Resta who'd driven well until he binned it. Best Rookie (Gutierrez, Bottas, Van Der Garde , Bianchi, Chilton): Van Der Garde Best Team: Red Bull Worst Team: Marussia Best Overtake: Di Resta on Gutierrez (I think) Funniest-moment: Alonso trying to find his way back to the pits through the postage stamp of visor which wasn't covered by Webber's knee Most Surprising Result: Gutierrez outqualifying Hulk Least Surprising Result: Vettel winning Special Mention to: Alonso and Raikkonen Race Rating: 6/10 - some brilliant racing after the safety car, but the first half was a procession Best Commentator/Presenter: Brundle
Best Driver: Safety car Worst Driver: di Resta Best Rookie: Gutiérrez Best Team: Red Bull Worst Team: Mercedes Best Overtake: Er... Funniest-moment: Nothing Most Surprising Result: Kimi Least Surprising Result: Vettel Special Mention to: Ricciardo for bringing out the safety car Race Rating: 4/10 Best Commentator/Presenter: None
Best Driver: Grosjean Worst Driver: Ricciardo Best Rookie (Gutierrez, Bottas, Van Der Garde , Bianchi, Chilton): Gutierrez Best Team: Red Bull Worst Team: Mercedes Best Overtake: Kimi on JB Funniest-moment: lol Most Surprising Result: Kimi did better than I thought Least Surprising Result: Seb Special Mention to: Alonso - brilliant start Race Rating: 4/10
Best Driver: Raikkonen - to come from 13th to 3rd, pulling off so many good overtakes, and racing with a bad back - very nice! Worst Driver: Bottas for what was an awful race. Others had bad races but Bottas was terrible. Best Rookie (Gutierrez, Bottas, Van Der Garde , Bianchi, Chilton): Van Der Garde, outperforming Bottas for a large part of the race Best Team: Red Bull Worst Team: Marrussia Best Overtake: Kimi on Button Funniest-moment: Vettel being booed and Alonso trying not to laugh Most Surprising Result: Kimi on the podium Least Surprising Result: Vettel domination Special Mention to: Alonso, once again making the others look like amateurs at the start. On the brakes at turn one, he's in a league of his own. Race Rating: 3/10 Best Commentator/Presenter: Brundle
Best Driver: Vettel, Boringly brilliant Worst Driver: Ricciardo jusshades it from Diresta, good quali, poor race again, bogged down at the start and then put it into a wall Best Rookie (Gutierrez, Bottas, Van Der Garde , Bianchi, Chilton): Gutierrez finally showing that maybe he does belong behind the wheel of an F1 car after all Best Team: RBR I guess Worst Team: STR, nowhere near the points Best Overtake: ? not sure, but I enjoyed the Guttierez/Maldonado mini battle Funniest-moment: see tomtoms Most Surprising Result: Chilton beating Bianchi on track (ok, bianchi had problems, but still..) Least Surprising Result: Vettel winnng Special Mention to: Grosjean, running well until his car fell sick Race Rating: 6/10 Best Commentator/Presenter:
Best Driver: well Button, Alonso, Hulkenberg and Rosberg all had good races though due to the safety car. the star man with conditions and his pack problem coming 3rd is Raikkonen Worst Driver: Di Resta 3 weeks in a row Best Rookie (Gutierrez, Bottas, Van Der Garde , Bianchi, Chilton): Van der man! who is this Bottas chap? I didn't see him... Best Team: McLaren, they did a good job this week Worst Team: Force India they have gone backwards Best Overtake: Kimi on Button Funniest-moment: the boo boys Most Surprising Result: Vettel had unreliability but carried on pushing and won Least Surprising Result: Webber had unreliability but nursed it and retired Special Mention to: Hulkenberg for poor call from the FIA. Grosjean for problem that spoiled his race Race Rating: 2/10 safety car added spice but only 20 laps after it went in!!!!! Best Commentator/Presenter:
with regards to your original question "Are we all that underwhelmed by the races these days?" I think the same chap/car combination being so dominant (unless your a Seb/RedBull fan) doesn't help, even die hard fans will find this ground hog day effect every race weekend a turn off.. Best Driver: Vettel, in a class of one, if they let him I think he could have lapped the entire field. Worst Driver: Best Rookie (Gutierrez, Bottas, Van Der Garde , Bianchi, Chilton): Gutierrez, not the putz I thought he was at the start of the season. Best Team: RedBull Worst Team: Compared to Redbull's dominance, they were all shocking! Best Overtake: Kimi's on Button Funniest-moment: Can't think of any.. Most Surprising Result: Gutierrez qualifying performance. Least Surprising Result: Alonso's Start, Vettel's win Special Mention to: Kimi, great drive from 13th to 3rd, cars finishing in positions 2-22 for trying to make the race interesting. Race Rating: 4/10 Best Commentator/Presenter: Brundle, less said about the Crofy-one the better!
Best Driver: Vettel Worst Driver: di Resta Best Rookie (Gutierrez, Bottas, Van Der Garde , Bianchi, Chilton): Gutierrez Best Team: Red Bull Worst Team: Anyone not named Red Bull Best Overtake: Kimi on Button Funniest-moment: di Resta sliding out in the background as Crofty and Brundle are discussing whether he can catch Gutierrez Most Surprising Result: Gutierrez outqualifying Hulk Least Surprising Result: Vettel dominates Special Mention to: Kimi, both the Mexicans, Hulk Race Rating: 2.0/10 Best Commentator/Presenter: Both the Sky commentators were awful, so N/A
Best Driver: Sebastian Vettel Worst Driver: Paul Di Resta Best Rookie (Gutierrez, Bottas, Van Der Garde , Bianchi, Chilton): Gutierrez Best Team: Red Bull Worst Team: Mercedes Best Overtake: Rosberg on Vettel at the start, for giving us a brief glimmer of hope Funniest-moment: Di Resta crashing Most Surprising Result: Kimi on the podium despite back pain Least Surprising Result: Alonso on the podium despite crap qualifying Special Mention to: Romain Grosjean. Whenever he drives well, something bad seems to happen to him Race Rating: 1/10 Best Commentator/Presenter: ?
Best Driver: Raikkonen Worst Driver: Di Resta Best Rookie (Gutierrez, Bottas, Van Der Garde , Bianchi, Chilton): Gutierrez Best Team: Red Bull Worst Team: Mercedes Best Overtake: Kimi on Button Funniest-moment: Di Resta crashing out and then thinking it was a mechanical failure Most Surprising Result: Kimi coming from 13th onto the podium Least Surprising Result: Vettel domination Special Mention to: Alonso, Rosberg, Button Race Rating: 4/10 Best Commentator/Presenter:
yes, it's true, the biological control unit in that FI just isn't up to the job, it's why neither Ferrari or Mercedes have installed it
Best Driver: Grosjean outclassed Raikkonen all weekend and would have easily been on the podium without Lotus's mistake. Worst Driver: di Resta... Again Best Rookie (Gutierrez, Bottas, Van Der Garde , Bianchi, Chilton): I've said all along Gutierrez has potential. It's starting to show. Best Team: Red Bull Worst Team: Williams Best Overtake: Alonso T1 Funniest-moment: di Resta crashing Most Surprising Result: Vettel winning.. Oh... most surprising Least Surprising Result: Alonso beats Massa in the race every race where they've both finished since China 2011 Special Mention to: Sutil for putting that FI in the points even when the SC hindered him. Race Rating: 4/10
In fairness to di Resta I reckon his crash was at least partly because his tyres had hit the cliff, and he was beating his team-mate, but between that and his poor qualifying he has to be the worst driver of the weekend.
