How was it for you? 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: Nasr, Hamilton Worst Driver: Pérez was pretty pathetic Best Rookie: Nasr Best Team: Sauber - despite management f*** ups, the team have done very well after last year's annus horribilis Worst Team: McLaren, obvs. Best Overtake: Er, Ericsson on Sainz was the best of an uninspiring lot or maybe Nasr on Sainz at the re-start Funniest-moment: Lewis to Arnie: "I thought you were taller" Most Surprising Result: The competitiveness of the Saubers Least Surprising Result: Mercedes 1-2 Special Mention to: commiserations to the unlucky Lotuses and Button for making the best of a very bad lot Race Rating: 5/10 after an exciting quali, the race was a let-down; half a race, quite literally Best Commentator/Presenter: Eddie Jordan (ha, ha, ha)
Best Driver: Nasr Worst Driver: Rosberg? Already obvious how little challenge he'll pose. Best Rookie: Nasr Best Team: Sauber - on track at least Worst Team: Red Bull Best Overtake: Ericsson on Sainz Funniest-moment: Not being sure whether to laugh or cry that I got up at 4:45am for the race. Most Surprising Result: I thought Red Bull would be better. Least Surprising Result: Mercedes 1-2 Special Mention to: Button for his spirited defence. Race Rating: 2/10 Best Commentator/Presenter: Arnie?
Best Driver: Hamilton, Pole, Race Win (lead all but 1/2 laps) and fastest lap time? (not sure about the lap time..) Worst Driver: First race of the season, I'll give the rest the benefit of the doubt.. Best Rookie (Nasr, Verstappen, Sainz): To be fair, all put in decent/encouraging performances, but for his 5th place finish, will give it to Nasr Best Team: Mercedes Worst Team: McLaren Best Overtake: Were there any? Only decent one I saw was Erikson on Sainz Funniest-moment: The race being so ****e and me getting up to watch it, I failed to see the funny side! Most Surprising Result: Suaber, both in the points Least Surprising Result: Merc 1-2 and McLarens struggles Special Mention to: T100... Race Rating: 1/10, and thats a generous 1 too! Best Commentator/Presenter: Well it wasn't Crofty
Best Driver: Nasr & Hamilton Worst Driver: Kvyatt. Went off too many times. Best Rookie (Nasr, Verstappen, Sainz): All of them deserve credit Best Team: Sauber. Fantastic turnaround from last year on the track. Worst Team: McLaren. Slow, unreliable and pathetic effort from a team that had long enough to get it right. Best Overtake: Nasr on Sainz on the restart? Funniest-moment: Baby waking up at 3am (instead of usual 5am) for a night feed, meaning I didn't stay up to 5 to watch the race. Best use of sleep ever. Most Surprising Result: Sauber doing so well Least Surprising Result: McLaren being as bad as their testing form suggested. Special Mention to: Arnie. Knows his F1 biscuits and genuinely good podium interview. Race Rating: /10 : 2/10. Best Commentator/Presenter: They all did well to stay awake and talk about what little was happening.
Best Driver: Hamilton Worst Driver: n/a Best Rookie (Nasr, Verstappen, Sainz): Nasr Best Team: Mercedes Worst Team: RedBull (and their moaning) Best Overtake: Don't want to watch a replay trying to find one! Funniest-moment: Lewis being starstruck by Arnie Most Surprising Result: McLaren getting a car to the finish Least Surprising Result: McLaren failing to get a car to the start Special Mention to: Alonso - for losing an engine while sitting on a sofa Race Rating: 2/10 Slightly better than that Russian GP last year
Best Driver: Lewis Hamilton - Owned Rosberg when it mattered Worst Driver: Nico Rosberg - For getting owned so badly and accepting defeat after 1 race Best Rookie (Nasr, Verstappen, Sainz): Felipe Nasr Best Team: Mercedes - Great car, great job Worst Team: Mercedes - They're ruining F1 by being too fast Best Overtake: ???? Funniest-moment: Staying out late Saturday night so i slept through the race Most Surprising Result: Red Bull absolutely nowhere Least Surprising Result: Mercedes 1-2 Special Mention to: Sebastian Vettel, looks like he's got his mojo back with a change of scenery Race Rating: 3/10 Best Commentator/Presenter: Didn't watch the race live, but David Croft definitely isn't winning this.
Best Driver: Nasr - The next Senna Worst Driver: Maldonaderp Best Rookie (Nasr, Verstappen, Sainz): NASR Best Team: Mercedes Worst Team: Mcladerp Best Overtake: Rule 1: No overtaking in F1 Funniest-moment: Me laughing at the poor souls who watched Most Surprising Result: Lack of cars Least Surprising Result: Mercedes Domination Special Mention to: Carlos Sainz. deserved more Race Rating: 1/10 Best Commentator/Presenter: didnt watch it
Best Driver: Hamilton Worst Driver: No real stand-outs. Ericsson I guess. Best Rookie (Nasr, Verstappen, Sainz): Nasr, but all three were impressive Best Team: Mercedes Worst Team: Mclaren (I feel the best/worst team ones might be nailed on for a while) Best Overtake: What overtaking? Funniest-moment: "RON I WILL MISS YOU - BERNIE" Most Surprising Result: Sauber in 5th Least Surprising Result: Red Bull whinging Special Mention to: Sainz, Vettel, Massa Race Rating: 4/10 Best Commentator/Presenter: Of those I saw, Suzi, but that's not really saying much.
Best Driver:Nasr Worst Driver: Perez Best Rookie (Nasr, Verstappen, Sainz): They were all good, but Nasr for me. Best Team: Sauber pound for pound, Merc officially. Worst Team: Mclaren Best Overtake: Button/Perez battle. Funniest-moment: Button briefly in the points. Most Surprising Result: Sauber Least Surprising Result: Manor not ready to race. Special Mention to: Lewis for doing the expected and Button who must have the patience of a saint. Race Rating: 2/10 Best Commentator/Presenter Brundle
Best Driver: Hamilton. Persevered with engineers to eventually get dialled-in to a set-up – something not properly sorted throughout all of the winter testing. Then claimed Pole and put his main rival's head out of joint. Then he drove a perfect race. If that was bettered, well, it certainly beats me! Worst Driver: None really. And that includes Maldonado; his spin was the result of circumstance behind and I do not agree with those who are perhaps a bit too quick to blame him. Best Rookie: Nasr. Glad he made it into the seat. The Sauber farce did not give him the best platform, especially since the track is new to him and he didn't turn a wheel in Free Practice 1. Best Team: Mercedes. Worst Team: Based on the weekend, I'm going to say Sauber. But I hope all will realise this choice is not the result of events in the race. Best Overtake: Ericsson > Sainz. Funniest-moment: Arnie on the podium, but not for his all-too-obviously contrived joke. More for being flummoxed at Hamilton's reference to his height! Most Surprising Result: McLaren getting a car across the finishing line. Least Surprising Result: McLaren not getting one of its cars to the grid. Special Mention to Alonso: get well soon. Race Rating: 1/10
Best Driver: Will have to be joint. Hamilton owned quali and had Rosberg in his pocket throughout the race. Nasr had a stunning first race, very calm yet decisive. Worst Driver: No one deserves this, but at a push, Perez Best Rookie (Nasr, Verstappen, Sainz): Nasr, however they all performed very well, the best group of rookies in a long time! Best Team: Mercedes obviously. Commendations for Ferrari and Sauber though, very much improved. Worst Team: McLaren sadly, Sauber off the track. Best Overtake: ermmmmmm....... Funniest-moment: A tie between Arnie and Vettel pwning Rosberg in the post race interview Most Surprising Result: Sauber, didn't see their pace being genuine. Least Surprising Result: McLaren. Special Mention to: The rookies, what an exciting crop! Race Rating: 3/10 - being kind Best Commentator/Presenter: Arnie
Best Driver: Nasr. Worst Driver: Perez. Tough one, but ballsed up a couple of times in the race. Best Rookie (Nasr, Verstappen, Sainz): Nasr, but all 3 had a good race. Best Team: Sauber. Worst Team: Red Bull. Best Overtake: I seem to remember Ericsson passing somebody, so has to be that by default. Funniest-moment: Red Bull's whinging about anything and everything/ Most Surprising Result: McHonda getting one car to the end on their first race. Least Surprising Result: McHonda having one car detonate before the race, Red Bull Whinging about everything. Mercedes. Special Mention to: Arrivabiene. He is terrifying yet likeable. Carmen Jorda.... just because. Race Rating: 1/10
Best driver My grandmother could win best driver in Hamiltons car Rookie Do you have to be under 18 to be a rookie in Bernies vision of F1? Best Team McLaren. With the rules biased against them, they made it to the finish line. Worst Team Mercedes. Can't stand that Merc smirk. Best Overtake You have to be joking !! Funniest moment The man on the gate saying "enjoy the race". Most surprising moment People staying to applaud the winners, when they knew who they were on Friday. Least surprising moment Hmmmm, that's a difficult one. OK, getting ripped off to watch dross. Special Mention Bernie, the worlds greediest man, has ruined another race and lost another lifetime fan. Race Rating 0-10 There wasn't any race, just a bunch of dud undeveloped cars going round in circles following the predetermined winner. Utter borefest and the last one I will bother to watch. Want to know the results of the Malaysian GP ?
Best Driver: Nasr and Sainz Worst Driver: Perez 'pillock' Best Rookie (Nasr, Verstappen, Sainz): All 3 were great. Best Team: Sauber because Mercedes was already expected. Worst Team: RBR, McLaren have an excuse they don't. RBR were lucky that guys in front had problems (Kimi, Sainz and Bottas) they would've finished 9th. Best Overtake: Ericsson's one. Funniest-moment: Monisha almost getting arrested. Most Surprising Result: Nasr Least Surprising Result: Honda Special Mention to: Verstappen Race Rating: 4/10 Best Commentator/Presenter: Conan's distant relative.
Best Driver: Nasr - I always thought he was underwhelming in GP2 but that was a spectacular debut, especially considering the weekend they had. Worst Driver: Ericsson - Just terrible, in complete contrast to his team mate Best Rookie: Nasr - Obviously Best Team: Sauber - What a turnaround from last season. Their livery looks a lot better on track than it did in the press releases too. Worst Team: Manor - Ridiculous what they did. Just stay at home if you can't race. What a waste of time, money and resources, from a team that can ill afford to waste anything. Best Overtake: Button hanging round the outside of Perez through turn 12 to hold onto last position Funniest-moment: "I thought you were taller" Most Surprising Result: Nasr Least Surprising Result: Merc Race Rating: 4/10 - Pretty ****. Hopefully it will rain in Malaysia and we'll get some drama.
Overall Results: Best Driver: Nasr Worst Driver: Pérez Best Rookie (Nasr, Verstappen, Sainz): Nasr Best Team: Mercedes Worst Team: McLaren Best Overtake: Ericsson on Sainz Funniest-moment: Arnie & Lewis on the podium Most Surprising Result: Sauber Least Surprising Result: Mercedes Race Rating: a truly awful 2.25/10 (Edited for JC's noms.)
