Rate the 2012 Australian Grand Prix

[Eric_Cartman]

1 - Best Driver
Jenson Button

2 - Best Team
McLaren

3 - Best Overtake
Vettel on Rosberg

4 - Best Moment
Schumacher up to P3 at the start.

5 - Worst Driver
well, that can only be Felipe Massa

6 - Worst Team
Mercedes

7 - Best Rookie
Jean Eric Vergne

8 - Biggest Surprise
Williams' and Ferrari's race pace

9 - General Comment(s)
8/10

[gregg1966]

1 - Best Driver - Jenson Button - brilliant,consistent,flawless drive,Hamilton and Vettel had no chance,
2 - Best Team - McLaren
3 - Best Overtake - maybe Vettel on Rosberg,I am not sure because of f...ing ads during race on my TV cable station,so I missed for example Schumi´s retirement, there were moments I must rely only on live timing

4 - Best Moment - first and last lap
5 - Worst Driver - Senna and Massa in comparison with their teammates
6 - Worst Team - after good quali Mercedes failed in race
7 - Best Rookie - J.Vergne,decent debut
8 - Biggest Surprise - Maldonado´s mistake after chasing Alonso in last lap

9 - General Comment(s) - I don´t know how after one race rate performance of Ferrari , I quote note by dacer " if Ferrari car is bad as Massa or good as Alonso", but one thing is sure.this is not winning car right now.

Good race,good beginning of the this season,after SC racing until finish line, I give 8 points

[Mitsuro Sano]

1 - Best Driver
Fernando Alonso. You know the car is sh*t and is still able to do 5th. Where was Massa?

2 - Best Team
McLaren

3 - Best Overtake
Raikkonen on Kobayashi

4 - Best Moment
Jenson Button winning

5 - Worst Driver
Felipe Massa

6 - Worst Team
HRT

7 - Best Rookie
Jean Eric Vergne, and semi-rookie Ricciardo

8 - Biggest Surprise
Maldonado crashing on last lap ( I was expecting him to crash earlier to be honest ! )

9 - General Comment(s)
7/10 - Good race, nice to start the season!

[Ali]

1 - Best Driver - Jenson Button
2 - Best Team - McLaren
3 - Best Overtake - Vettel on Rosberg
4 - Best Moment - Kimi's radio
5 - Worst Driver - Felipe Massa
6 - Worst Team - I don't think there was any. Everyone did their best with what they have got.
7 - Best Rookie - Jean-Eric Vergne
8 - Biggest Surprise- Williams battling out with Ferrari
9 - General Comment(s) - It was an OK race. Jenson drove brilliantly and beat Hamilton fair and square. It was good to finally understand where everyone is. Red Bull and McLaren are close with Lotus behind it seems. Mercedes should resolve their tyre issues. They experienced it in a track like Australia which is not very tough on rubber. Malaysia could be awful for them.

[Ether]

1 - Best Driver
Button, Alonso, Kobayashi, Raikkonen, but my vote for Kobayashi today.
2 - Best Team
Mclaren
3 - Best Overtake
None particular, but I think it would be Kobayashi overtakes
4 - Best Moment
Perez in podiums position (while he still has to stop)
5 - Worst Driver
I guess it's Massa.. Sorry Felipe..
6 - Worst Team
I must say HRT, but since they're not racing, I'd say Force India, they have disappointing qualifying and race pace.
7 - Best Rookie
Well, since Maldonado no longer a rookie, then I'd say Ricciardo? (but he isn't a rookie too - 1 season in his belt), Grosjean wasn't rookie either, then it's just Vergne.. Okay, vergne it is.
8 - Biggest Surprise
Hamilton poor pace in race... very far from Jenson.
9 - General Comment(s)
I like the race goes, and giving some show, even the race winner already seems quite clear after 1st pit stop. I expect Hamilton to race Jenson though, but he seems very demotivated to do fighting, and just aiming for consistency (sigh), I enjoy midfield battle, especially the last lap! I never thought that Williams will be that competitive in hands of Maldonado, but it seems pretty tight back there. After the race it could be concluded that Mclaren and RBR might be at front, meanwhile Lotus is not that far away together with mercedes. But watching the Mercedes lack of pace in race, I think Ferrari, Sauber, Williams, STR, and Force India may eat Mercedes points, they are at the same boat... Wow... very close battle

[Edi96]

1 - Best Driver - Button (Alonso, Perez & Raikkonen were also great)
2 - Best Team - McLaren
3 - Best Overtake - Vettel on Rosberg
4 - Best Moment - Last lap
5 - Worst Driver - Massa
6 - Worst Team - HRT
7 - Best Rookie - Vergne (wouldn't be something like "Best Driver under 23" better as there is quite a lack of "real" rookies?)
8 - Biggest Surprise - Alonso P5

9 - General Comment(s)
Mercedes was disappointing but they will improve. Hülkenberg seems to be faster than di Resta. Webber's starts are still poor. The new tyres offer various strategies because the harder compounds are not that much slower.
Great race, especially the fights in the midfield were very good and clean for most of the time. The final lap was epic!

[[FIN]SpeedFreak]

1 - Best Driver - Perez - C'mon! Guy started dead last and was finishing 7th (6th after Maldonados crash) but then came Rosberg and propably broke something from his Sauber.
2 - Best Team - Mclaren - Well, they would definatelly have earned solid 1-2, but well. Vettel happened...
3 - Best Overtake - Räikkönen over Massa.
4 - Best Moment - Raikko finishing 7th (Ok, he got a bit lucky there, would have finished 10th without last lap drama)
5 - Worst Driver - Massa - Huh, what else could I say? The guy is completelly lost his talent after F.Alonso came to the team.
6 - Worst Team - HRT - They were only moving schicanes.
7 - Best Rookie - Vergne.
8 - Biggest Surprise - Alonso's 5th place - Wouldn't have believed after quali, that he would be as high as that.

9 - General Comment(s)

[Jad]

1 - Best Driver
Fernando alonso

2 - Best Team
McLaren

3 - Best Overtake
Raikkonen on i dont remember on the main straight braking too late for turn 1 and gaining the position

4 - Best Moment
alonso up to P6 at the start.

5 - Worst Driver
no doubt it's Felipe Massa,i believ that jules bianchi would be better for ferrari

6 - Worst Team
Sorry Enzo,it's your Ferrari

7 - Best Rookie
Ricciardo

8 - Biggest Surprise
overtakings was too difficult despite 2 consecutive DRS zone

9 - General Comment(s)
I wonder if kimi was 3rd on the gid.would the podium change after the race

[sportingcp]

1 - Best Driver
I think the best driver in this race was Alonso, but Button and Pérez did an amazing job too at the same level.

2 - Best Team
McLaren. And also great race from Sauber.

3 - Best Overtake
Kimi on Kobayashi and Vettel on Rosberg

4 - Best Moment
For me I think it was that moment before the start, I mean like omg F1 is back, Here we go!! . But also that last lap.

5 - Worst Driver
Felipe Massa. Without doubt he is getting even worse (I thought that was not possible anymore). Horrible all the weekend.

6 - Worst Team
Possibly Caterham. I was expecting more from Mercedes and hoping for a good result from Michael, but I don´t think I can call them to be the worst so I stay with Caterham.

7 - Best Rookie
Can we consider Daniel Ricciardo a rookie? If yes he was the best, if not I choose Vergne.

8 - Biggest Surprise
Maldonado pace. And Alonso even more amazing than usual after all we saw Friday and Saturday it was a surprise.

[skywatcher]

1 - Best Driver - Button
2 - Best Team - McLaren
3 - Best Overtake - Button over Hamilton at start
4 - Best Moment - Jenson winning!
5 - Worst Driver - Massa
6 - Worst Team - HRT
7 - Best Rookie - Riccardo
8 - Biggest Surprise - Mercedes lack of reliability, and Perez fighting so hard.

9 - General Comment(s) JB kicked some butt, let's hope that continues throughout 2012!

[alex1369]

1 - Best Driver - Button
2 - Best Team - McLaren
3 - Best Overtake - Vettel on Rosberg
4 - Best Moment - start, last lap
5 - Worst Driver - Massa
6 - Worst Team - HRT
7 - Best Rookie - Riccardo
8 - Biggest Surprise - MSC DNF when it was looking so good

9 - General Comment
good race 8/10

[Z.F.T.One]

1 - Best Driver - Without doubt Button; flawless drive. Take my hat off to Alonso too. How did he manage to drag that "Made by Lego" Ferrari to 5th? Top marks, but no cigar for Maldonado's performance.

2 - Best Team - McLaren. Superb performance all weekend, and top marks for the double pitstop. Pure Class.

3 - Best Overtake - None in particular. The more the merrier.

4 - Best Moment - The start of the race and therefore the start of the season.

5 - Worst Driver - Massa. Incompetent and running out of excuses.

6 - Worst Team - HRT; boy, does this team need help. Disappointed with Caterhams performance, and what happened to the Mercedes.

7 - Best Rookie - Has to be Jean-Eric Vergne. Shame he missed out on a point.

8 - Biggest Surprise - Williams/Maldonado race pace, and hassling Alonso. Is this the return of Williams ? Rosberg's start, and Pérez getting 4 points.

9 - General Comment(s): Great start to the season, and BBC coverage ticked all the boxes. 8/10

[MavF1]

1 - Best Driver
Button

2 - Best Team
McLaren

3 - Best Overtake

4 - Best Moment
Every time Button could pull away from Vettel once he needed to

5 - Worst Driver(s)
I'd say Maldonado and Massa. Maldonado for colliding with Grosjean first before throwing a good points finish away while chasing Alonso.
And I think enough has been said about Massa already. This can't be the driver I watched in '08.

6 - Worst Team
Not taking HRT into consideration, I'd say Ferrari.

7 - Best Rookie
Jean-Eric Vergne

8 - Biggest Surprise
Quite a few, actually. The difference in performance of Mercedes considering qualy/race pace. Hamilton not being able to stay with Button. A very close midfield that includes Williams. And so on.

9 - General Comment(s)
Australia was a nice prospect of a hopefully exciting, close-fought season.