Rate the 2012 Australian Grand Prix

sleenster · Post by **sleenster** » 18 Mar 2012, 09:51

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)

donald29 · Post by **donald29** » 18 Mar 2012, 10:13

1 - Best Driver Button / Kobayashi
2 - Best Team McLaren
3 - Best Overtake Vettel on Rosberg
4 - Best Moment Schumi being P3! Crazy last lap.
5 - Worst Driver Felipe I guess.
6 - Worst Team Mercedes
7 - Best Rookie Ricciardo
8 - Biggest Surprise Button destroying Hamilton.

9 - General Comment(s)

Was hoping for more of a battle for the win, but some fantastic fights from 5th downwards made up for that.

f1freak · Post by **f1freak** » 18 Mar 2012, 10:16

1 - Best Driver- Button
2 - Best Team- McLaren ( Including their pitstops)
3 - Best Overtake-
4 - Best Moment-
5 - Worst Driver- Massa
6 - Worst Team- Ferrari
7 - Best Rookie- Jean-Eric Vergne
8 - Biggest Surprise- Mercedes having Gear Box Issue & missing out on a chance for the Podium.

9 - General Comment(s): Overall an exciting race with Red Bull fighting back in race trim. Kimi coming back from 17th to finish in points, both the saubers having a points finish.

Treacle · Post by **Treacle** » 18 Mar 2012, 10:23

1 - Best Driver Pérez
2 - Best Team McLaren
3 - Best Overtake Vettel on Rosberg
4 - Best Moment Kimi on the radio (I know it didn't give much to the actual racing, but it was funny...)
5 - Worst Driver Hate to say it, but Massa
6 - Worst Team I'm actually quite disappointed with Caterham...
7 - Best Rookie Ricciardo
8 - Biggest Surprise Maldonado in the run for points
9 - General Comment(s) -

Maysoon · Post by **Maysoon** » 18 Mar 2012, 10:46

1 - Best Driver: Fernando Alonso ( no one can do better than what he did with F2012)
2 - Best Team: McLaren (also expecting more development)
3 - Best Overtake: normal all!
4 - Best Moment: Lewis finishing 3rd (it was Webber choice!)
5 - Worst Driver: ####
6 - Worst Team: HRT!

7 - Best Rookie: Vergne
8 - Biggest Surprise: Pastor to put pressure on Alonso, also his retirement at the last lap!

dacer · Post by **dacer** » 18 Mar 2012, 11:25

1 - Best Driver. Button, perfect day. He had not a lot of problems, but he had no problem with preassure after SC, Maldonado and maybe Alonso, nice race too
2 - Best Team. Mclaren.
3 - Best Overtake
4 - Best Moment
5 - Worst Driver. Massa as drivers of top cars. Hamilton as drivers with option to win championship
6 - Worst Team. Mercedes. So fast on qualiy, so bad on race. This season and with Qualy and first laps I have doubt if top 3 teams are Mclaren+RedBull+Ferrari or Mclaren+RedBull+Mercedes. I think Mercedes is very best car than Ferrari, and don't know if ferrari car is as bad as Massa or as good as Alonso.
7 - Best Rookie
8 - Biggest Surprise

9 - General Comment(s)

ism_sal2006 · Post by **ism_sal2006** » 18 Mar 2012, 12:12

1 - Best Driver:Alonso(got better than the best of his car)&Maldonado(great great drive but very bad luck)
2 - Best Team:Mclaren
3 - Best Overtake:no specific one
4 - Best Moment:last corner of the race, the battle for 8th place(4cars battling)
5 - Worst Driver:Felipe Massa(I think he will leave Ferrari soon)
6 - Worst Team:HRT(2 secs. to Marrusia, their nearest opponent)
7 - Best Rookie:Ricciardo & Grosjean(even he did only 2 laps, he had a great performance at qualifying)
8 - Biggest Surprise:Maldonado's performance

9 - General Comment(s):
-Funny moment when Kimi was asking at radio about blue flags and that the cars in front of him didn't let hem pass,then his engineer told him that it was for cars behind
-The way Petrov parked his car at the start-finish straight and outside the pits(even though he wasn't on fire) was very strange, and for me was suspicious!!

Post by **phil1993** » 18 Mar 2012, 12:17

1 - Best Driver
Difficult one. Button was dominant, but Alonso was just sensational. Would have been Maldonado had the race been 57 laps

2 - Best Team
McLaren. But kudos to Sauber for getting both cars in the points

3 - Best Overtake
Vettel on Rosberg.

4 - Best Moment
Last lap. Just mental

5 - Worst Driver
Felipe Massa. How on earth anyone can do such an abysmal job for two years and be given another chance is beyond me. Pace was terrible, racecraft was worse

6 - Worst Team
HRT obviously, but Caterham a close second. Not in the midfield and unreliable. Big disappointment

7 - Best Rookie
Jay Eee Vee.

8 - Biggest Surprise
Mercedes. Thought they'd be good, they sucked. Also, Ferrari's starts

donald29 · Post by **donald29** » 18 Mar 2012, 12:57

phil1993 wrote:How on earth anyone can do such an abysmal job for two years and be given another chance is beyond me.

Lack of alternatives. I expect to see Perez in a Ferrari next season, but who is there for this season? Apart from that, he's been a part of Ferrari for a long time and they like him. They remember how good he was pre-2010 and are perhaps still hoping he will rediscover that.

At times I also think he's been a victim of just how competitive it has been. There have been three teams not separated by very much at all. I'd be interested to see some figures, but I wouldn't be surprised if the at times the gap between Alonso and Massa isn't much more than between Barrichello and Irvine. Barrichello could finish 20s behind Schumacher and be 2nd in some races. Look at the 2000 San Marino Grand Prix, Barrichello finished 90 seconds behind Schumacher and was 4th!

I might write a feature on this (defending Massa), but there are comments floating around such as Massa is one of the worst drivers Ferrari have ever had. Bollocks is he. His struggles the last season or two seem to have made people forget just how good he was pre-Hungary 2009. I don't know how much the accident has damaged his performance, we'll never know. It's probably a combination of the accident, Alonso and tyres that have lead to his performances.

Jaguar · Post by **Jaguar** » 18 Mar 2012, 13:58

1 - Best Driver - Jenson Button / Pastor Maldonado / Perez
2 - Best Team - Red Bull
3 - Best Overtake - None
4 - Best Moment - None
5 - Worst Driver - None
6 - Worst Team - HRT with DRS yet they are unable to show on the race day , no excuse for them as Marussia had the same problem and was unable to show in testing
7 - Best Rookie - Vergene
8 - Biggest Surprise - Timo Glock finishing 14th , on his first lap he was also ahead of both caterhams ..

9 - General Comment(s) - Its good to see the action again , as expected the gap is too tight between teams wether front ones or midfielders .. Caterham ain't delivering as promised , the Williams come back to the points and even fighting the Ferrari during this race is just superb ..

eleanor · Post by **eleanor** » 18 Mar 2012, 15:43

1 - Best Driver - Maldonado/Kobayashi
2 - Best Team - McLaren
3 - Best Overtake - Vettel on Rosberg
4 - Best Moment - Kimi's "blue flags" team radio

5 - Worst Driver - Massa
6 - Worst Team - HRT
7 - Best Rookie - Vergne
8 - Biggest Surprise - Mercedes's failure

9 - General Comment(s)
A race to forget

Vorull · Post by **Vorull** » 18 Mar 2012, 15:52

1 - Best Driver Button and Alonso
2 - Best Team McLaren
3 - Best Overtake Vettel on Rosberg
4 - Best Moment Last lap

5 - Worst Driver unfortunately Felipe
6 - Worst Team Caterham
7 - Best Rookie Ricciardo
8 - Biggest Surprise McLaren's race pace

9 - General Comment(s) Enjoyable race 8/10

JoostLamers · Post by **JoostLamers** » 18 Mar 2012, 16:37

1 - Best Driver - Button, untouchable, credits to Alonso, he did an incredible job in that Ferrari

2 - Best Team - McLaren

3 - Best Overtake - Vettel on Rosberg

4 - Best Moment - My thought that Massa should wear the 'Why always me' T-Shirt

5 - Worst Driver - Massa, terrible all weekend

6 - Worst Team - Mercedes

7 - Best Rookie - Ricciardo

8 - Biggest Surprise - Mercedes, Red Bull race pace.

9 - General Comment(s) - Disappoined with Lewis' race, but he, what did we think after last year Malaysia race result when Button crushed Hamilton. And who won the race after that one...?

majidasadi · Post by **majidasadi** » 18 Mar 2012, 17:07

1 - Best Driver: JB!

2 - Best Team: McLaren
3 - Best Overtake:Vettel on Roseberg
4 - Best Moment:Button taking the lead on first lap
5 - Worst Driver: Massa

6 - Worst Team:HRT, they are wasting everybody's time
7 - Best Rookie:Ricciardo
8 - Biggest Surprise:Kimi and Perez finishing in the points, and also good performance of Maldonado, although it wasn't a happy end, poor old Pastor!

9 - General Comment(s): Red Bull did a good job in the race despite a disappointing qualifying performance, and it was such a pity that Grosjean retired so early, it could have been...

gokul009 · Post by **gokul009** » 18 Mar 2012, 17:20

1 - Best Driver
Button

2 - Best Team
McLaren

3 - Best Overtake
Vettel on Rosberg

4 - Best Moment
Raikkonen with the 'blue flags' issue

5 - Worst Driver
Massa

6 - Worst Team
HRT

7 - Best Rookie
Ricciardo

8 - Biggest Surprise
Mercedes race pace....

9 - General Comment(s)
Great race, interesting battles all round the field. Domination from JB.

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