Rate the 2011 Monaco Grand Prix

Eric_Cartman · Post by **Eric_Cartman** » 29 May 2011, 15:58

1 - Best Driver
2 - Best Team
3 - Best Overtake
4 - Best Moment
5 - Worst Driver
6 - Worst Team
7 - Best Rookie
8 - Biggest Surprise

9 - General Comment(s)

antyk · Post by **antyk** » 29 May 2011, 16:02

1 - Best Driver – Vettel, got lucky in the last couple of laps but still a great drive
2 - Best Team – . . .
3 - Best Overtake – Hamilton on Schumacher
4 - Best Moment – Vettels pit stop
5 - Worst Driver - Hamilton
6 - Worst Team – . . .
7 - Best Rookie – Pastor
8 - Biggest Surprise – Hamilton wtf???

9 - General Comment(s)
Shame that JB finished 3rd, after Vettels pit stop I thought he could win the race, lets hope he can do better in Canada.

harrisv48 · Post by **harrisv48** » 29 May 2011, 17:03

1 - Best Driver Vettel and Button
2 - Best Team RedBull and Mcalren
3 - Best Overtake Mark on Kamui
4 - Best Moment Red Flag
5 - Worst Driver Alguesuari
6 - Worst Team Renault
7 - Best Rookie Di Resta
8 - Biggest Surprise Stewart panalty's

9 - General Comment(s) Boring race as alway in Monaco!

Post by **phil1993** » 29 May 2011, 17:06

1 - Best Driver
I'm giving it to Alonso. Vettel got incredibly lucky, but it was a great drive nonetheless. Alonso drove sensationally all weekend. Also for Kobayashi to go so long was awesome

2 - Best Team
Sauber

3 - Best Overtake
Hamilton on Schumacher was sweet. As was Barrichello's

4 - Best Moment
The fight for the lead and the mayhem on Lap 69

5 - Worst Driver
Alguersuari. Deliberately hit Kobayashi in Q1 and launched off Hamilton despite having been lapped

6 - Worst Team
HRT

7 - Best Rookie
Maldonado. Knew he would do well here

8 - Biggest Surprise
How fast Vettel, Alonso & Button were compared to the rest

9 - General Comment(s)
Best Monaco race. Anyone who found this boring isn't a real F1 fan

mikhailv · Post by **mikhailv** » 29 May 2011, 17:18

1 - Best Driver- Alonso. Still the 3rd best car at monaco, and still putting it way above its real place

2 - Best Team- Ferrari as a tame, they made no mistakes.

3 - Best Overtake- To be honest, i cant think of a 'best' overtake. there were many that were great. loved Schumachers.

4 - Best Moment- 3 way battle!

5 - Worst Driver- Hamilton. Terrible at overtaking, making stupid mistakes. Blaming everyone else because he is black. Prat

6 - Worst Team- There isnt one really.

7 - Best Rookie- Wouldve said Perez for saturday, Maldanado was doing well until Crashilton took his course!

8 - Biggest Surprise- how close the battle was.

9 - General Comment(s)

kimi and mika · Post by **kimi and mika** » 29 May 2011, 17:33

1 - Best Driver
Vettel, didn't do anything wrong, even on tires that had done more than 50 laps. Alonso was a close second for me.

2 - Best Team
Sauber

3 - Best Overtake
Barrichello on Schumacher

4 - Best Moment
Lap 69, when you saw that chain, you knew something crazy was going to happen.

5 - Worst Driver
Hamilton, would have been Alguersuari but Lewis' comments after the race were unacceptable.

6 - Worst Team
HRT

7 - Best Rookie
Has to be Maldonado, deserved a good haul of points until he was punted off.

8 - Biggest Surprise
Lewis comments, but on track probably how many bad pitstops there were.

9 - General Comment(s)
A great race, shame there wasn't a great ending. If it was just Vettel, Alonso and Button for the last 10 laps, that could have been amazing.

Edi96 · Post by **Edi96** » 29 May 2011, 17:43

1 - Best Driver - Vettel. The race pace of the car wasn't that good and especially Button seemed faster but still he managed to win the Grand Prix for the first time. He was simply faultless today and made his strategy work (which was in fact a mistake by his team as the wanted to give him another set of super-softs).
2 - Best Team - Williams. First points of the year even though Hamilton robbed them more
3 - Best Overtake - Schumacher on Hamilton. He was the only one who could overtake in the hairpin without making contact.
4 - Best Moment - The whole fight for the lead
5 - Worst Driver - Hamilton. In particular his behaviour after the race was disappointing...
6 - Worst Team - Red Bull. The pit stop confusion destroyed Webber's race even if Vettel was lucky in the end.
7 - Best Rookie - Maldonado. Way faster than Barrichello and faultless.
8 - Biggest Surprise - Bad pit stops everywhere and no points for Mercedes GP

9 - General Comment(s) Best Monaco race since 1996!

[FIN]SpeedFreak · Post by **[FIN]SpeedFreak** » 29 May 2011, 18:05

1 - Best Driver - Vettel. Come on, he won Grand Prix de Monaco!
2 - Best Team - Have to say Ferrari, since they didn't screw their pit stops...
3 - Best Overtake - Hamilton over Schumacher.
4 - Best Moment - Start?
5 - Worst Driver - Hamilton - Too many collisions and mistakes. Obviously, we shoudn't see this kind of (un)performance from worldchamp.
6 - Worst Team - HRT- What did you expect? They allways brag about how they are going to outdo both Team Lotus and Virgin, but what allwasy happens? Yes, they gets allways lapped from both TL and Virgin!
7 - Best Rookie - Maldonado, had good race until, well. Hamilton happened...
8 - Biggest Surprise - Red Bulls pit stop mistakes.

9 - General Comment(s) All in all good race, wasn't even big surprise that SC came out in this one. It's kinda rare if SC doesn't come out in Monaco. Even once... Though it happens from time to time, but still, kinda rare...

Edi96 wrote:Schumacher on Hamilton. He was the only one who could overtake in the hairpin without making contact.

Schumi didn't overtake Hamilton, he did overtake Nico on that hairpin... That was on Lap 31.

gregg1966 · Post by **gregg1966** » 29 May 2011, 18:08

1 - Best Driver – Vettel and Alonso,good result for Kobayashi
2 - Best Team – Red Bull
3 - Best Overtake – there was some good ones
4 - Best Moment – big jam and following chain reaction 10 laps before end
5 - Worst Driver - Hamilton,he has ruined Maldonado´s and Massa´s race
6 - Worst Team – HRT
7 - Best Rookie – Maldonado
8 - Biggest Surprise – battle to the finish line,it was pity that red flag interrupted fight for the win between 3 drivers with different strategies

9 - General Comment(s) good race 7.5 points

naiego · Post by **naiego** » 29 May 2011, 18:13

1 - Best Driver: Alonso, could have won it if it wasn't for the red flag

2 - Best Team: Ferrari

3 - Best Overtake: Perhaps Hamilton's on Schumacher

4 - Best Moment: The battle of the top three drivers

5 - Worst Driver: Hamilton

6 - Worst Team: Renault

7 - Best Rookie: Maldonado

8 - Biggest Surprise: None in particular

9 - General Comment(s): Typical Monaco race, besides good races happen here every ten to fifteen years. The 1982 GP still sets the landmark of the most exciting Monaco race ever.

JoostLamers · Post by **JoostLamers** » 29 May 2011, 18:20

1 - Best Driver - Button
2 - Best Team - RBR
3 - Best Overtake - Hamilton on Schumacher
4 - Best Moment - Hamilton finishing the race
5 - Worst Driver - Algersuari, what was he thinking?
6 - Worst Team - Toro Rosso
7 - Best Rookie - Maldonado, well done boy.
8 - Biggest Surprise - Vettel making the tyres last 62 laps

9 - General Comment(s) 8/10

Post by **phil1993** » 29 May 2011, 18:24

JoostLamers wrote: 8 - Biggest Surprise - Vettel making the tyres last 62 laps

It was actually 54 laps as they all changed tyres under the red flag period.

Also, kudos to McLaren for actually fixing the rear wing

JoostLamers · Post by **JoostLamers** » 29 May 2011, 18:28

phil1993 wrote:
JoostLamers wrote: 8 - Biggest Surprise - Vettel making the tyres last 62 laps
It was actually 54 laps as they all changed tyres under the red flag period.

Also, kudos to McLaren for actually fixing the rear wing

Correct, I forget about the restart

Edi96 · Post by **Edi96** » 29 May 2011, 18:41

[FIN]SpeedFreak wrote:
Edi96 wrote:Schumacher on Hamilton. He was the only one who could overtake in the hairpin without making contact.
Schumi didn't overtake Hamilton, he did overtake Nico on that hairpin... That was on Lap 31.

He did. On Lap 1

sdutt · Post by **sdutt** » 29 May 2011, 19:01

1 - Best Driver- Kamui Kobayashi, and the top 3 were very good too. Button surely lost out because he changed to super softs instead of the softs when yellow flag appeared one lap prior to SC
2 - Best Team- tough to say, all had their share of mistakes, but perhaps ferrari
3 - Best Overtake- massa on nico. very unexpected place and as a side- shocking coming from Massa
4 - Best Moment- when top 3 caught up with the train of cars. I was sure there was something going to go wron, and told my bro that too, and almost immediately we see Sutil starting that chain reaction, and with all top 3 coming oout unscathed actually being a surprise
5 - Worst Driver- Jamie - i think its tine for Ricciardo to take over , he has been sadly outperformed by Buemi all season
6 - Worst Team- HRT and mercedes- shocking by them
7 - Best Rookie- Maldonado, very unlucky to miss out, could have been 2 williams in points
8 - Biggest Surprise- as i said earlier, the top 3 coming out unscathed from that double crash

9 - General Comment(s)- quite a good race but last 10 laps were disappointing, i was really hoping for change of tyres being disallowed at restart so that it would be back to usual due to start behind SC

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