Rate the 2011 Canadian Grand Prix

[kenny09]

1 - Best Driver - Button definitely! 21st to 1st, wow!
2 - Best Team - Red Bull, got their 2 drivers to the podium
3 - Best Overtake - Button on Schumi, sign of the times ;)
4 - Best Moment - Button taking the chequered flag, couldn't believe it!
5 - Worst Driver - Hamilton, another costly mistake...
6 - Worst Team - none
7 - Best Rookie - Kobayashi, good position, too bad he got pipped by Massa on that final strectch
8 - Biggest Surprise - Schumi's pace

9 - General Comment(s) - wow! what a race! everything that you can expect and more ;)

[[FIN]SpeedFreak]

1 - Best Driver(s) - Schumi - At last we saw that good ol' Schumi again. Awesome douplepass from Koba and Massa. Button for what he did (From last place to victory) That was awesome!
2 - Best Team - Red Bull.
3 - Best Overtake - Schumi over Massa and Koba. Have to be one of best overtakes of the season.
4 - Best Moment - Schumi's double overtake.
5 - Worst Driver - Hamilton - Not that way Lewis, not that way!
6 - Worst Team - Well, there were none...
7 - Best Rookie - Don't know every rookie was bit of a, well. They were quite lost? (@kenny09: Kobayashi isn't rookie anymore. He was rookie last year. This is his second full year in F1)
8 - Biggest Surprise - Schumi's pace.

9 - General Comment(s) - Have to say that I didn't believe that they would have re-started the race after 2 hours, but they did! And what a race it was! Man down! Man down! Now that was hilarrious.

[gregg1966]

1 - Best Driver - Button and Schumacher
2 - Best Team - Red Bull
3 - Best Overtake - Schumi´s double overtaking on Massa and Kobayashi
4 - Best Moment - last lap
5 - Worst Driver - Hamilton,last two races looking like he is becoming little demolition man
6 - Worst Team - Ferrari, theirs strategy was again tragedy
7 - Best Rookie - Maldonado
8 - Biggest Surprise - Vettel´mistake in the last lap
9 - General Comment(s)
very exciting second part of the race,long waiting. but at the end a patience paid off. 9 points

[Eric_Cartman]

1 - Best Driver - Button and Schumacher
2 - Best Team - Red Bull
3 - Best Overtake - Schumacher on Massa and Kobayashi
4 - Best Moment - 1. Vettel, 2. Schumacher
5 - Worst Driver - Hamilton. What is wrong with him? It seems like he have those races where he is not 100 percent concentrated like last year in Monza and Singapur where he also had 2 bad races in a row.
6 - Worst Team - Force India
7 - Best Rookie - ?
8 - Biggest Surprise - Schumacher get's alive

9 - General Comment(s) - the race itself was amazing, but there were to much safety car periods in my opinion. 9/10

It's actually the fourth time this year where we had a battle for the lead. I love F1 in 2011

[dazmoffman]

1 - Best Driver - Button great race
2 - Best Team - Hmmm im Rbr as they both finish on the podium
3 - Best Overtake - ? Schumi/mass/kobayashi
4 - Best Moment - The restart after the red flag, i didnt think it was gonna happen
5 - Worst Driver - Hamilton 'what was he thinking' Vettel, didnt even defend againt button he fell asleep
6 - Worst Team - Nobody messed up too bad
7 - Best Rookie - None
8 - Biggest Surprise - Vettel making a rookie mistake

9 - General Comment(s) - A fantastic race i just hope this is the start of a bad luck run for vettel so we can watch a title being decided later in the season rather than him being declared the winner at the halfway point.

[Eric_Cartman]

8 - Biggest Surprise - Vettel making a rookie mistake

Why was it a rookie mistake? If you're under immense pressure from Button and pushing like hell to keep him behind, such a mistake can happen to everyone.

[shämito]

1 - Best Driver - Schumacher or Button
2 - Best Team - Red Bull
3 - Best Overtake - Schumacher overtaking Massa and Kobayashi
4 - Best Moment - Vettel first, Schumacher second. I was hoping that Schumacher could win the race..
5 - Worst Driver - Hamilton, driving like a jackass
6 - Worst Team - Lotus maybe
7 - Best Rookie - Maldonado
8 - Biggest Surprise - Vettel's mistake at last lap.

9 - General Comment(s) - Very good race. Best race of the season so far.

[phil1993]

Races so far:

Australia – 6.51 (41 votes)
Malaysia – 8.14 (35 votes)
China – 9.15 (41 votes)
Turkey – 8.04 (28 votes)
Spain – 7.15 (33 votes)
Monaco – 8.68 (28 votes)

Could do with a few more votes guys!

[TwistedArmco]

Maldonado spun out

Cheers, in which case, probably no-one.

Yes he used to defend his position

http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/ ... 12177.html

Pedro de la Rosa (12th)
“First of all I want to thank the FIA. It stopped the race when it became too dangerous and I think every safety car call was right. Before the red flag it became impossible to drive. You could not see anything and I was aquaplaning in every gear. However, I came from 17th and resumed the race in ninth behind the safety car. But just before the restart Jenson (Button) and I touched and I had to pit because of a damaged front wing. This ruined my race, I lost many positions, and I even lost a few more later when I got stuck in first gear. On top of that I lost time due to some backmarkers. I tried to recover from this as well as possible, but points were then out of reach. I must say it could have been a lot better today, but also the team made very good pit calls, so thanks for this. It was an extremely eventful race, especially for somebody who had just stepped into a car at short notice. I will not forget these days here, this is for sure.”

Thanks, I wasn't aware of that.

[phil1993]

Yup, here's the crash

[sdutt]

1 - Best Driver: JB, Michael Schumacher and Kamui (hard to choose)
2 - Best Team: red bull
3 - Best Overtake: Button had quite a few good ones
4 - Best Moment: hard to say, but all parts without SC
5 - Worst Driver: Trulli,=
6 - Worst Team: Lotus
7 - Best Rookie: no one
8 - Biggest Surprise: Vettels mistake on last lap
9 - General Comment
great race, though i was really bugged with the amount of SC and the long red flag period, minus those, thank god the race was great. Button was fantastic, he did a drive which i thought only 2 others are capable of- Alonso or Hamilton

[Soren]

1 - Best Driver - Button without a doubt. Such a controlled performance. Only minor mistake was his run-in with Fernando as he could have waited for a better place to pass. Still - its a racing incident to me.
2 - Best Team - The Bulls for getting both their cars on the podium.
3 - Best Overtake - Schumachers opportunistic and genius move that got him past both Koba and Massa.
4 - Best Moment - I am a Vettel fan but the final 5-6 laps was unbelievably tense. I was almost sweating while loving every minute.
5 - Worst Driver - Lewis for losing his cool and not taking his time. He had the car to win the race.
6 - Worst Team - The red team was looking pretty farcical yesterday. Another bad strategy call. They made plenty of bad tire calls in Kimis days and they havent stopped.
7 - Best Rookie - I guess that has to be d'Ambrosio for finishing 14th in a Virgin when he wasnt even supposed to start the race.
8 - Biggest Surprise - I could be Kobayashi of a sudden being in 2nd place. But it is Button winning the GP. Legendary.
9 - General Comment(s)

I wrote up a review and recap of the race as I usually do. Have a look if you want: http://desdirodeabike.wordpress.com/201 ... ts-finest/

[Richards19]

1 - Best Driver: Schumi
2 - Best Team: RBR
3 - Best Overtake: Button on Webber at the end. Incredible reflexes
4 - Best Moment: Last lap
5 - Worst Driver: Hamilton, he was already awful before the incident with Button
6 - Worst Team: Virgin
7 - Best Rookie: ????
8 - Biggest Surprise: Vettel miss a corner at the very end of the race. And Kobayashi was second during a long time of the race
9 - General Comment: Fantastic race, definitely the best one since 2008... Of course we had to wait a long time, but after that we've had a lot of fun!!! Alonso was just... unlucky. Can somebody close the gap in the championship with Vettel please? The world title could be more interesting... Hope this win will give a lot of confidence to JB

[gokul009]

1 - Best Driver: Button AND Schumi, brilliant drives
2 - Best Team: Red Bul, still got both men on hte podium despite all the chaoes
3 - Best Overtake: Schumacher's wonderful simultaneous move on Kobayashi and Massa
4 - Best Moment: The moment when Vettel lost the lead and Button look it (no offence Seb, but we want to see someone else win ;) )
5 - Worst Driver: Lewis Hamilton, hit Webber unnecessarily, and then hit Button, and Button is deservedly ahead of him in championship.
6 - Worst Team: Lotus, got beaten by HRT and Virgin, and also got only 1 car to the line
7 - Best Rookie: ???????
8 - Biggest Surprise: Vettel driving a perfect race for 69 laps like he doesn't care about what is happening behind, and then he suddenly makes a mistake on the last
9 - General Comment: Brilliant race, without a doubt will be the best race after 2000 with Brazil 2008 exempted. When was the last time that someone who was LAST with over 1/2 the race complete go on and WIN it?

[dazmoffman]

8 - Biggest Surprise - Vettel making a rookie mistake

Why was it a rookie mistake? If you're under immense pressure from Button and pushing like hell to keep him behind, such a mistake can happen to everyone.

Yes it was a rookie mistake, button was nowhere near him, he wasnt defending, he drove off the track, he made a rookie mistake as anyone could have.