Formula 1 Gran Premio de España Santander 2012 Chat and Predictions

How can de la Rosa and Karthikeyan possibly be on the same score - overall AND just in Spain?

Kobayashi did at least as good a job as Raikkonen to finish 5th from 9th.

Senna's 3 is harsh given he wasn't given a proper chance to show race pace in that car as well.

I'll leave the rest... I seem to end up dissecting these every week!

 

There's usually a few I disagree with. Senna definitely doesn't deserve a 3, neither does Massa (who was doing a decent job until his penalty. I know he was lapped by his teammate but Button (in a faster car) was very close to being lapped as well. I would have given Massa a 5).

Edd Straw seems to be a bit lazy when rating the backmarkers.

 

Not convinced Hammy deserved a 10. It was a good drive from stone dead last, but not totally mind boggling.

 

Indeed Sgt, 8 was enough, 8 is all he could acheive back there. He should of got a 10 if he got past a lotus, not just 8th though.

He avoided trouble and maximised his tyres, but didn't really do much other than that apart from getting stuck behind Massa.

 

Hamilton perfect 10? he couldnt get passed Massa who had a 3! He could of finished higher so I would say 9.

 

I'd have given Hamilton a 10, brilliant in qualifying, finished 8th from 24th in the race, beating his team mate who started 11th. That's good enough for a 10 in my opinion.

 

10 does seem a bit high, maybe if he had got up to 5th then 10 woudl be okay. I'd go for a 9. You can't dock two marks just because he played it safe against Massa, knowing that he was being investigated for yellow flags and could serve a stop-go.

Only person worthy of a 10 was Maldonado. Don't think I'd ever imagine myself saying that!

 

Just re-watching the race; did anyone notice on the podium that Maldonado and Alonso immediately went nuts with the champagne spraying while Kimi just picked it up and slugged down as much of it as he could. Probably happier drinking that then whatever it was in Bahrain.

 

http://origin.formula1.com/video/race_edits/
Spain race edit

I sincerely hope the music for the Monaco one is not "Sexy and I know it" but it very well could be

 

holy ****, how on earth has that guy got a job in journalism? What ****ing planet is he on? to say Schuamcher is as good as Kobayashi is just an insult to anyone with intelligence and working eyes.

 

Yep, I agree. These scores are meant to be for the whole weekend, aren't they? Not just the race. As for Maldo, his 10 is fully deserved; first of many, I hope. For me, these two drivers were head and shoulders above the rest over the whole weekend.