Rate the Malaysian Grand Prix

Rate the Malaysian Grand Prix

Poll ended at 19 Apr 2009, 13:43

5/5 (Half points awarded :p): Absolutely perfect.
6
11%
4.5/5: Superb race!
5
9%
4/5: A great race!
7
13%
3.5/5: Fun to watch
21
39%
3/5: Quite good.
5
9%
2.5/5: Average.
6
11%
2/5: Sub-par.
1
2%
1.5/5: Barely worth watching.
1
2%
1/5: Boring.
0
No votes
0.5/5: Atrocious!
2
4%
 
Total votes: 54

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Re: Rate the Malaysian Grand Prix

Post by Fergie1 » 05 Apr 2009, 16:28

1 - Best Driver - Glock
2 - Best Team - Brawn GP
3 - Best Overtake - Button on Alonso
4 - Best Moment - I NEED A CLEAR VISOR, I NEED A CLEAR VISOR OR I CANT SEE!!!!
5 - Worst Driver - Ill just say Piquet as I don't think I noticed anyone that bad.
6- Worst Team - Ferrari, just lol. I know, lets put X Wets on when its not actually raining!
7 - Biggest Surprise - Kovalainen failing to make it past turn 5.
8 - General Comment - We all knew this would happen, but it was a very good race up until the rain.

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Re: Rate the Malaysian Grand Prix

Post by Totopupu » 05 Apr 2009, 16:41

Who can say that this race was atrocious ???

This race was very great
Jean Todt, Ross Brawn, Rory Byrne, Michael Schumacher = DREAM TEAM

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Re: Rate the Malaysian Grand Prix

Post by dazmoffman » 05 Apr 2009, 16:52

1 - Best Driver - button and glock, button just too fast for everyone else and glock for getting it all right.
2 - Best Team - toyota,
3 - Best Overtake - webber on hamilton,hamilton on webber and vice versa.
4 - Best Moment - massa having a hissy fit
5 - Worst Driver - kovi (if it was driver error, does anyone know this) or nobody
6- Worst Team - force india no noticible improvements made
7 - Biggest Surprise - kimi licking his cornetto !!! lolz
8 - General Comment - not the most memorable race i have seen

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Re: Rate the Malaysian Grand Prix

Post by Motorsportfan243 » 05 Apr 2009, 17:48

1 - Best Driver - Timo Glock
2 - Best Team - Toyota
3 - Best Overtake - Webber vs. Alonso
4 - Best Moment - The monsoon
5 - Worst Driver - Kovalainen
6- Worst Team - Ferrari
7 - Biggest Surprise - The race being red flagged and half points being awarded.
8 - General Comment - I could tell that restarting the race was a hopeless cause. However it was a fun race to watch, especially as the downpour started coming down. All in all, it was worth waking up at 4:00 AM local time to watch.

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Re: Rate the Malaysian Grand Prix

Post by Rachael The Great » 05 Apr 2009, 19:12

1 - Timo Glock
2 - Brawn
3 - There was many good 'ens. Can't name them cause i cant remember :lol:
4 - When Kimi was getting ice cream/food/drink when everyone else was stood outside soaking :lol:
5 - Kovalainen. Baaaad start to the season, mate.
6- Ferrari.
7 - The amount of rain!
8 - It was a bit of a disappointing race. I was up surprisingly early so i was happy cause i could watch the race. But then it was stopped. Then i was sad :( I thought they might have postponed it. Can they do that?
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Re: Rate the Malaysian Grand Prix

Post by Sanredrose » 05 Apr 2009, 19:40

1 - Best Driver - Jenson
2 - Best Team - Brawn GP
3 - Best Overtake - Kimi Raikkonen on Alonso
4 - Best Moment - Torrential downpour !
5 - Worst Driver - Nico Rosberg, started 4th moved quickly to P1 and let everything lose and finished up 8th.
6- Worst Team - Williams, threw away an easy podium finish.
7 - Biggest Surprise - Glock on intermediates ...
8 - General Comment - Move the timeslot of the Malaysian GP back to its original time, otherwise half race would become a routine in Malaysia !!

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Re: Rate the Malaysian Grand Prix

Post by hannibal_rising » 05 Apr 2009, 19:44

1 - Best Driver: Alonso, specially for those laps where he was containing Kimi with a inferior car... Also for that amazing start

2 - Best Team: Brawn GP. Good decisions about tyres use

3 - Best Overtake: Webber and Hamilton changing positions for a while...

4 - Best Moment: The Start (Alonso and Rosberg doing a great Start)

5 - Worst Driver: Heikki... This time was his mistake not finish the first lap...

6- Worst Team: Ferrari, specially for that stupid decision about Kimi's tyres when was not raining..

7 - Biggest Surprise: Piquet finished the race driving and not in the gravel... :lol: :lol:

8 - General Comment: I would like to know if Bernie now is convinced that is not possible to make the race at that hour...

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Re: Rate the Malaysian Grand Prix

Post by kimi and mika » 05 Apr 2009, 19:52

1 - Best Driver - Button or Glock
2 - Best Team - Brawn
3 - Best Overtake - Kimi on Alonso or Webber on Anyone.
4 - Best Moment - Kimi's Ice cream and coke.
5 - Worst Driver - Heikki
6- Worst Team - Ferrari or Force India
7 - Biggest Surprise - Ferrari's decisions, nearly all of them.
8 - General Comment - Ferrari made bad decisions but Kimi made a good one!
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Re: Rate the Malaysian Grand Prix

Post by TwistedArmco » 05 Apr 2009, 20:08

kimi and mika wrote:Ferrari made bad decisions but Kimi made a good one!
What, triple chocolate? :p
No, I'm not calmer. Just more jaded.

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Re: Rate the Malaysian Grand Prix

Post by Kirstie005 » 05 Apr 2009, 23:15

1 - Best Driver - Glock
2 - Best Team - Brawn again :/
3 - Best Overtake - Webber on alonso
4 - Best Moment - Kimi on wets
5 - Worst Driver - Heikki
6- Worst Team - Ferari
7 - Biggest Surprise - race being stopped
8 - General Comment - unlucky the rain came, but made it more exciting i suppose :)
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Re: Rate the Malaysian Grand Prix

Post by Fern » 05 Apr 2009, 23:24

1 Button
2 Toyota
3 Webber vs Hamilton
4 Ferrari´s pit stops :lol:
5 Massa
6 Ferrari
7 race not restarting
8 China: time to watch Weather Channel to avoid more shortened races

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Re: Rate the Malaysian Grand Prix

Post by redmpav » 05 Apr 2009, 23:34

1 - Best Driver: Jenson Buttion
2 - Best Team: Toyota
3 - Best Overtake: Webber finally taking Hamilton
4 - Best Moment: Button setting fastest lap and retaining first after pit stop
5 - Worst Driver: Kovalainen
6- Worst Team: Ferrari again
7 - Biggest Surprise: Heidfeld finishing second
8 - General Comment: shame the rain cut the race short

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Re: Rate the Malaysian Grand Prix

Post by alin » 06 Apr 2009, 08:12

1 - Best Driver - Jenson Button
2 - Best Team - Toyota
3 - Best Overtake - the fight betwen Webber and Alonso (KERS - non KERS in general)
4 - Best Moment - the start with Rosberg flying
5 - Worst Driver - Kovalainen
6- Worst Team - Ferrari
7 - Biggest Surprise - the not coming puoring rain
8 - General Comment - Brawn won in totaly different conditions than Australia; they had to testing day on a wet track and still won; did the perfect work with the Button's pit stops and it is certain now that they will fight for at least one of the titles.

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Re: Rate the Malaysian Grand Prix

Post by newtrex » 06 Apr 2009, 08:39

1 - Best Driver --> Timo Glock
2 - Best Team --> Brawn GP / Toyota
3 - Best Overtake --> Webber / Alonso
4 - Best Moment --> Kimi in shorts eating icecream and start of GP (Rosberg and Alonso starts)
5 - Worst Driver --> Heikki Kovalainen
6 - Worst Team --> Ferrari (2nd Race in a row)
7 - Biggest Surprise --> Kimi putting wet tyres / Brawn GP again slow of the line / Took 1 hr to decide for the race
8 - General Comment --> Brawn GP - Real fast cars, Toyota / Williams - Fast Cars, Red Bull - Seems to have pace but doesnt convert in to race, BMW / Ferrari / McLaren - Slow cars. It shows that Ferrari still needs Schumacher's help. LOL
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Re: Rate the Malaysian Grand Prix

Post by f1freak » 06 Apr 2009, 08:44

1 - Best Driver - Glock
2 - Best Team - Brawn GP
3 - Best Overtake - Kimi on Alonso
4 - Best Moment - I NEED A CLEAR VISOR, I NEED A CLEAR VISOR OR I CANT SEE!!!!
5 - Worst Driver - Piquet
6- Worst Team - Ferrari.They screwed up with Kimis startegy
7 - Biggest Surprise - Kovalainen failing to make it past turn 5.
8 - General Comment - A good race but rain played the spoil sport.Even if it would have been changing conditions it would have been good as it was in China 06 & 07.

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