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Grand Prix thread Not606 2016 German Grand Prix Awards

Discussion in 'Formula 1' started by taeleon, Jul 31, 2016.

  1. taeleon

    taeleon Well-Known Member

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    Race Rating: ?/10
     
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    Best Driver: button/riccardo?
    Worst Driver: rosberg by a mile
    Best Rookie: meh. Palmer?
    Best Team: red bull took right decisions did right by riccardo with fastest car.
    Worst Team: williams
    Best Overtake: estiban on kmag

    Most Surprising Result: stewards and race director continuing to change rules
    Least Surprising Result: rosberg bottling it.
    Funniest moment: nothing funny about zzzzz
    Excuse of the week: meh

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    Best post from the race thread:
    Race Rating: 3/10 very dull again. When on screen is 10th place nost of time theres no action going on.
     
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  3. taeleon

    taeleon Well-Known Member

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    Best Driver: Ricciardo
    Worst Driver: Rosberg: Bad start, clumsy over take and some bad luck with stops/penalty being more than 5 seconds.
    Best Rookie: Palmer
    Best Team: Red Bull: Despite Hamilton winning, I'd have to say Red Bull kept Rosberg honest and Merc's blunders threw away the best team for them.
    Worst Team: Ferrari: Still going backwards, driver and pit crew at odds as to what to do, team doesn't seem united.
    Best Overtake: Gutierrez on Magnussen

    Most Surprising Result: Rosberg finishing 4th.
    Least Surprising Result: Vettel frustrated with blue flags.
    Funniest moment: Toto asking if he can say **** on TV.
    Excuse of the week: What ever Merc said to the stewards to convince them to fine them and not penalise Hamilton despite what has gone before saying Hamilton should have had a penalty.

    Special Mention: Alonso: I love how far ahead this guy plans. His comments about losing places and recovering later just shows how far ahead he thinks in the race.
    Best post from the race thread:
    Race Rating: 6/10: not the most exciting race in terms of challenging 1st place but I think there were sufficient battles and squables going on further back to keep us entertained.
     
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  4. Julius Caesar

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    Best Driver: Ricciardo
    Worst Driver: Rosberg
    Best Rookie: Werhelin? Again none impressive. Not a good year for rookies. Austria aside.
    Best Team: Red Bull
    Worst Team: Williams - What did they even think they were doing with Bottas?
    Best Overtake: Magnussen on Massa was a nice bit of oppertunism.

    Most Surprising Result: Rosberg off the podium
    Least Surprising Result: Rosberg bottles that start.
    Funniest moment: Ricciardo drinking from his shoe. Or declaring his love for Gutierrez.
    Excuse of the week: Don't think anyone was too bad this week. Maybe Vettel whinging about blue flags again.

    Special Mention: Great weekend from Jenson after a troubled practice. Also Hulk, Verstappen and Hamilton.
    Best post from the race thread:
    Race Rating: 6.5/10 - Not a thriller, but better than Hungary by some margin. A few interesting battles further down the field even if Hamilton won the race in the first corner again.
     
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  5. DHCanary

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    Best Driver: Ricciardo maxed his day I think
    Worst Driver: Gutierrez apparently oblivious to blue flags, and made some of the clumsier moves.
    Best Rookie: Wehlein?
    Best Team: Red Bull had one of their better weekends
    Worst Team: Ferrari
    Best Overtake: Alonso on Gutierrez (I think) on the entry to the stadium section

    Most Surprising Result: Rosberg finishing 4th.
    Least Surprising Result: Merc win, perhaps impenetrable stewards decisions is an equally common contender now.
    Funniest moment: -
    Excuse of the week: -

    Special Mention: Mclaren: Slowly improving.
    Race Rating: 7/10: Other than a lull about two thirds in I thought there was plenty going on.
     
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  6. Sportista

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    Best Driver: Daniel or Jenson
    Worst Driver: Gutierrez (mobile chicane)
    Best Rookie: Palmer again! He seems to be getting the hang of F1, which I'll freely admit seemed unlikely to me.
    Best Team: RedBull
    Worst Team: Mercedes (how can they miscount the penalty that badly, good job it wasn't for Hamilton the fanboys would have gone mental).
    Best Overtake: Not sure, but there were a few decent ones for once!

    Most Surprising Result: Verstappen team play?
    Least Surprising Result: Rosberg bottles it
    Funniest moment: Alonso slow pit stop rant.
    Excuse of the week: The stewards were a poor excuse for competancy I thought

    Special Mention: Nothing stood out except they seemed to be bigging up the crowd, despite at least one stand being closed?
    Best post from the race thread:
    Race Rating: 6/10
     
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  7. cosicave

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    Best Driver: Ricciardo / Hamilton, jointly.
    Worst Driver: Rosberg. (See "Most Surprising…" below).
    Best Rookie: Palmer. A great weekend and impressive qualifying, only to suffer a bad roll of the dice in the race.
    Best Team: Red Bull.
    Worst Team: Ferrari / Williams. Ferrari are demonstrating disarray on track whilst closing ranks when asked for reasons. Typical? Perhaps… Williams were over-ambitious (unrealistic) with strategic decisions; again.
    Best Overtake: I agree with Julius Caesar (only a fool wouldn't!): Magnussen v Massa. I also see DHC's choice for Alonso's very well planned move on Gutiérrez which would be my second choice.

    Most Surprising Result: Rosberg not on podium. He also seemed incapable of responding to his race engineer's call to increase the pace when necessary.
    Least Surprising Result: Vettel whinging again when he meets back-markers.
    Funniest moment: Vettel whinging again when he meets back-markers.
    Excuse of the week: Mercedes / Hamilton got the right penalty for the pit-lane indiscretion during Qualifying but might consider themselves fortunate, based on previous (overly heavy) penalties.

    Special Mention: Verstappen made a superb start from 4th and was particularly racy in stealing 2nd place from Ricciardo. Button also had a very good weekend.
    Best post from the race thread: SgtBhaji, post #98: something about an impressive otter… ;)
    Race Rating: 6.33/10
     
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  8. Smithers

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    Best Driver: Ricciardo
    Worst Driver: Kyvat
    Best Rookie: Palmer.
    Best Team: Red Bull.
    Worst Team: Ferrari & Williams.
    Best Overtake: Magnussen v Massa.

    Most Surprising Result: Button
    Least Surprising Result: Stewards inconsistent rule changes and interpretations.
    Funniest moment: Merc unable to count to 5 - embarrassing
    Excuse of the week: Stewards

    Special Mention: Lewis, did what he had to and McLaren
    Best post from the race thread:
    Race Rating: 4/10
     
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  9. cosicave

    cosicave Well-Known Member

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