Best Driver: Worst Driver: Best Rookie (Magnussen, Kvyat, Ericsson): 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: Vettel in the end, but looked like he was stuck for a while Worst Driver: Massa, not sure if he had a problem but just kept falling back Best Rookie (Magnussen, Kvyat, Ericsson): Kev, but none were that great Best Team: Mercedes Worst Team: Sauber, just too slow. Best Overtake: Alonso on Raikkonen Funniest-moment: Lewis on the radio Most Surprising Result: Vettel not breaking down Least Surprising Result: Merc 1-2 Special Mention to: Mercedes pit crew, for giving Rosberg an extra 4 secs in the stops over Hamilton to make the racing close. Very noble of them. Race Rating: /10 5/10, but only for the last 5/6 laps when everyone remembered there was a race on.
Best Driver: Vettel, considering all the bad luck he had 4th was a massive boost. Worst Driver: Maldonado Best Rookie (Magnussen, Kvyat, Ericsson): Kvyat Best Team: Mercedes Worst Team: McLaren Best Overtake: Vettel on Magnussen Funniest-moment: None really Most Surprising Result: Again Vettels car not breaking down. Least Surprising Result: Mercedes steam rolling everybody.....Again! Special Mention to: Bottas and Grosjean for some great performances Race Rating: 5/10. Was a lot better at the end which I would give a 7. Best Commentator/Presenter: Me back in 2013: "If you thought Red Bull dominance was bad, wait until you see what Mercedes dominance looks like!"
Best Driver: Vettel Worst Driver: Maldonado Best Rookie (Magnussen, Kvyat, Ericsson): Mag, by being the least anonymous. Best Team: Mercedes again Worst Team: McLaren again Best Overtake: Alonso on Raikkonen Funniest-moment: None. Most Surprising Result: None. Least Surprising Result: All of them. Special Mention to: Nobody Race Rating: 2.5/10 (last two laps were OK, rest was Coma inducing)
Best Driver: Vettel Worst Driver: Moronado. Best Rookie (Magnussen, Kvyat, Ericsson): Best Team: Mercedes Worst Team: Sauber. Mobile chicane. Best Overtake: Any of Vettel's. Great fighty drive. Funniest-moment:Lewis comlpaining about his car, whilst being faster than Rosberg. Most Surprising Result: Bottas Least Surprising Result: Hamilton. Way better than the rest. Special Mention to: Race Rating: 7/10 Genuinely enjoyed the tactical battle between the Mercs. Best Commentator/Presenter: Eddie Jordan, obvs.
Best Driver: Sebastian Vettel - a champion's drive today Worst Driver: Felipe Massa - just nowhere today, how did he not score points when his teammate was 5th? Best Rookie (Magnussen, Kvyat, Ericsson): Kvyat, at least he did something Best Team: Red Bull - Mercedes don't count Worst Team: Mercedes for further ruining F1 Best Overtake: Kvyat on Gutierrez Funniest-moment: Uhhhhhhh Most Surprising Result: Vettel's car not dying Least Surprising Result: Mercedes 1-2 Special Mention to: Daniel Ricciardo, 1st podium (again) Race Rating: 0.5/10 Best Commentator/Presenter: Dirk Monstermunch
I think we need to give more credit to both sides of the Mercs pitfall. The strategy was intriguing and it played out right until the finish line. That stuff is oh so technical and if you get it slightly wrong you are doomed. It was interesting and I must rate them there too.
Best Driver: Vettel, not really close, 15th to 4th, great drive! Worst Driver: MaldonaDOH! Best Rookie (Magnussen, Kvyat, Ericsson): Kvyat Best Team: Mercedes Worst Team: McLaren, nailing down their title as the "Worst Pound for Pound" team in the league. Best Overtake: Kvyat on Magnussen Funniest-moment: Radio Lewis FM Most Surprising Result: None really? Least Surprising Result: Mercedes winning (by an even bigger margin this time round!) Special Mention to: Hamilton, Pole, Race win with a car not as quick as his team mate deserves a mention Race Rating: /10 2/10 for most part, going up to about 5/10 for the last 5 laps! Best Commentator/Presenter: Saw the race on the Beeb but I have no doubt the Crofty-one was more than likely utter pish!
Best Driver: Vettel Worst Driver: Maldonado Best Rookie (Magnussen, Kvyat, Ericsson): Kvyat Best Team: Mercedes Worst Team: Mclaren Best Overtake: Vettel on Gutierrez Funniest-moment: Hamilton's radio rants. Most Surprising Result: None really, Mclaren being that bad doesn't really come as a surprise anymore. Least Surprising Result: Mercedes blitzing the field again. Special Mention to: Lotus Race Rating: 6/10 Best Commentator/Presenter: Edwards
Best Driver: Vettel Worst Driver: Maldo Best Rookie (Magnussen, Kvyat, Ericsson): Kvyat for me, Magnussen's early off was the only blot on his copybook. Best Team: Mercedes Worst Team: Sauber are too big a team not to have a single point yet, disappointing. Best Overtake: Can't remember who he was passing, but Vettel had a nice one into turn 5, Kvyat on Esteban was good too. Funniest-moment: The chequered flag graphics half an hour in. Most Surprising Result: Bottas being so strong, particularly in comparison to his team-mate Least Surprising Result: Mercedes dominance Special Mention to: Raikkonen might have got some of his mojo back, and Grosjean drove well too. Race Rating: 4/10 Vettel tried to make things interesting, as did Rosberg late on, but the rest was dull. Best Commentator/Presenter: None stood out.
Best Driver: If I'd done this after the race I'd have said Vettel, in retrospect I'm not so sure. In fact I'm going to go N/A Worst Driver: Maldo Best Rookie (Magnussen, Kvyat, Ericsson): Kvyat Best Team: Mercedes Worst Team: Sauber Best Overtake: Kvyat on Gutierrez? Funniest-moment: ermmmmmmmm Most Surprising Result: Pretty predictable tbh Least Surprising Result: Mercedes 1-2 Special Mention to: Hamilton, Ricciardo, Vettel, Bottas, Perez Race Rating: 4.5/10 Best Commentator/Presenter: BBC were generally far better than the early races, so ... Eddie Jordan.
Best Driver: Its hard to see past Vettel. Worst Driver: Maldando, for being slow and dangerous. Best Rookie (Magnussen, Kvyat, Ericsson): Mag - the car is **** and he beat the others. Best Team: Merc Worst Team: Mclaren Best Overtake: Alonso on Kimi (Were there any others?) Funniest-moment: Nothing of note, I'm not sure if an irrated Lewis is humerous? Most Surprising Result: RB looking at being able to challenge in the future Least Surprising Result: Merc whitewash Special Mention to: Ric, Bottas & Grosjean Race Rating: 4/10
Best Driver: Ricciardo Worst Driver: can't really remember much being terrible Best Rookie (Magnussen, Kvyat, Ericsson): Magnussen Best Team: Mercedes Worst Team: relatively speaking - Ferrari Best Overtake: Alonso on Raikkonen Funniest-moment: No idea Most Surprising Result: Grosjean was doing well in the heap of ****! Least Surprising Result: Mercedes put Rosberg on the slower strategy Special Mention to: Perez, beating Hulk again who's apparently one of the best drivers on the grid Race Rating: 6/10
Best Driver: Romain Grosjean - just, Vettel was very good, but considering the gap Ricciardo had to Bottas/Alonso the Red Bull was comfortably the second fastest car Worst Driver: Maldo Best Rookie (Magnussen, Kvyat, Ericsson): Kyvat Best Team: Merc obv Worst Team: McLaren's upgrades worked a treat Best Overtake: Nando on Kimi Funniest-moment: Rosberg "winning" the race about lap 30 Most Surprising Result: Bottas-Massa gap Least Surprising Result: Merc Special Mention to: Ricciardo Race Rating: 6/10
