Rate the 2012 Monaco Grand Prix

Eric_Cartman · Post by **Eric_Cartman** » 28 May 2012, 02:43

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)

Nobody made the topic so far?

alex1369 · Post by **alex1369** » 28 May 2012, 06:07

1 - Best Driver - Top 3 drivers
2 - Best Team - RBR
3 - Best Overtake - there were none
4 - Best Moment - well what else could it be?? The start, tehe rest dull
5 - Worst Driver - Pastor
6 - Worst Team - None
7 - Best Rookie - Ah whatever
8 - Biggest Surprise - well i expected more from the race, but we got dull racing, thanks alot Pirelli for f... 1 stop, u f... it this time - cant you make more softer tyres so they last 100 laps????

9 - General Comment(s)
The start was great, but the rest paff dull, i should have taken out with my wife than wach this dullness. Im afraid Canada will be the same, because tyres will last 50 laps.

Worst Monaco GP i ever saw, even in 2007 was better

So 3/10 just the start, not counting the rest of "action"

f1freak · Post by **f1freak** » 28 May 2012, 09:11

1 - Best Driver- Webber
2 - Best Team-RBR
3 - Best Overtake- None
4 - Best Moment- None
5 - Worst Driver- Maldanado
6 - Worst Team- Mercedes ( Very unreliable with 5/6 Technical problems with Schumis Car)
7 - Best Rookie- Jean-Eric Vergne
8 - Biggest Surprise- Everyone completing the race on a One Stoppers. Where was the degradation from Pirellis.

9 - General Comment(s): Very dull and boring race. Worst Monaco GP.

Post by **phil1993** » 28 May 2012, 09:22

1 - Best Driver
The top six were all pretty good. It's difficult. Webber controlled it, Fernando's in-lap was sensational, Felipe picked up his form and Sebastian almost made an extraordinary strategy work

2 - Best Team
Ferrari for their quick pit work

3 - Best Overtake
Erm, er. Next!

4 - Best Moment
Final tense few laps

5 - Worst Driver
Pastor Maldonado or Jenson Button. Maldonado for being dangerous and rubbish, Button for being rubbish

6 - Worst Team
Lotus for promising so much and delivering so little.

7 - Best Rookie
Vergne was really strong

8 - Biggest Surprise
How far ahead the top six were

9 - General Comment(s)
I enjoyed it, unlike most. 8/10. You don't watch Monaco for great racing, so don't anticipate overtaking. 2011 had slightly more crashes, but barely more overtaking.

Eric_Cartman · Post by **Eric_Cartman** » 28 May 2012, 10:26

1 - Best Driver
Webber, Vettel, Alonso and Massa

2 - Best Team
Ferrari

3 - Best Overtake
was there any?

4 - Best Moment
Vettel taking the lead on lap 31 and building a gap that nearly was enough to stay first.

5 - Worst Driver
has to be Jenson Button. Very very bad race.

6 - Worst Team
Lotus, and Mercedes for ruining Schumacher's race once again.

7 - Best Rookie
Jean Eric Vergne

8 - Biggest Surprise
The pace of Caterham and Marussia was quite surprising.

9 - General Comment(s)
very boring race. At the end, it was a bit exciting but you knew straight away that if it doesn't rain, we're not going to see a single overtake at the front. A very frustrating race for Schumacher again. The 4th mechanical issue in the 6th race. How can that be? Schumacher is driving a good season apart from the Barcelona incident. But everyone thinks he needs to retire because he only got 2 points.

redmpav · Post by **redmpav** » 28 May 2012, 15:51

1 - Best Driver: Webber
2 - Best Team: red bull
3 - Best Overtake: what overtake
4 - Best Moment: the start
5 - Worst Driver: Maldonado
6- Best Rookie: Vergne
8 - Biggest Surprise Button stuck behind Heiki.

Edi96 · Post by **Edi96** » 28 May 2012, 16:35

1 - Best Driver: Webber
2 - Best Team: RBR
3 - Best Overtake: Vergne on Schumacher. Incredible skill...
4 - Best Moment: last laps
5 - Worst Driver: Pastor Maldonado
6 - Worst Team: Lotus
7 - Best Rookie: Vergne
8 - Biggest Surprise: Glock on the same pace as Button in the first stint.

mileso · Post by **mileso** » 28 May 2012, 22:04

1 - Best Driver: Mark Webber
2 - Best Team: RedBull
3 - Best Overtake: No great overtakes, but it was Monaco for goodness sakes!
4 - Best Moment: Vettel suddenly shooting out of the pits in front of Hamilton. What I wouldn't give for a picture of Hamilton's face when Vettel pinched in front at the top of the rise!
5 - Worst Driver: Hamilton for causing the mess at the start.
6 - Worst Team: Toro Rosso for screwing Vergne out of 7th place
7 - Best Rookie: Vergne
8 - Biggest Surprise: Button's suicide attempt to pass Kovalainen

9 - General Comment(s): What a great race. So typically Monaco but with the new tires, threat of rain, the mid-field teams much more competitive it made for excitement throughout most of the race. Vettel's super good pace just before he had to pit... he almost did it and I was on the edge of my seat.
I don't agree with you who say it was boring. I guess if you are so wrapped up in one driver winning, or one particular manufacturer or one nationality thrashing another it was boring. For me, a Canadian with no axe to grind, it was filled with exciting moments. If any of you can tell me you weren't tensed up during the last 10 or so laps, waiting for the deluge to fall, wondering about how inters would do on that course in particular, what would happen if all the front runners had to pit with a few laps left, then maybe you need to rethink why you're watching F1. If it's just to be fanboys OK. If it's a love of racing, and that includes whatever tires happen to be used, then ANY F1 race is exciting no matter who wins.

donald29 · Post by **donald29** » 28 May 2012, 22:18

1 - Best Driver: Tempted to go Alonso for THAT in lap but Webber.
2 - Best Team: Red Bull
3 - Best Overtake: Perez on Pic? Lol.
4 - Best Moment: The six car train and slippery track in the closing stages.
5 - Worst Driver: Button. Bahrain and Spain were mediocre, this was outright poor. He was stuck behind the Caterham, but did not have the pace to jump him through the pitstops once he got clean air when Heikki pitted. A lot for Button to think about. Dishonourable mention Maldonado.
6 - Worst Team: Tough one, I guess Toro Rosso.
7 - Best Rookie: Can't really give it to Vergne, I guess Pic by default.
8 - Biggest Surprise: Nothing is a surprise anymore.
9 - General Comment(s): Race was tense and exciting, but never actually came to anything. Some in the press said it was boring, wrong to describe it as that but it was tense and intriguing rather than action packed.

dacer · Post by **dacer** » 29 May 2012, 07:57

1 - Best Driver. Webber cause he win. Massa cause he get point, and have a nice weekend. But top 6 was nice.

2 - Best Team. Not sure, no one, or RBR & Ferrari

3 - Best Overtake.
4 - Best Moment. Last lap, when rain
5 - Worst Driver. Shumi, he is "same word he used with perez on spanish gp". He start to loose on spain, if he was not punished, he would win.

6 - Worst Team. Toro rosso, what they do with Vergne deserve it. McLaren, poor too.
7 - Best Rookie
8 - Biggest Surprise

9 - General Comment(s)

Post by **Zack** » 29 May 2012, 08:06

dacer wrote: 5 - Worst Driver. Shumi, he is "same word he used with perez on spanish gp". He start to loose on spain, if he was not punished, he would win.

JoostLamers · Post by **JoostLamers** » 29 May 2012, 10:00

1 - Best Driver - Webber
2 - Best Team - Ferrari, they really are back now I think (in the race at least)
3 - Best Overtake -
4 - Best Moment - lap 70 till the end
5 - Worst Driver - Maldonado, he was lucky to even start the GP, but then he screwed that up too
6 - Worst Team - Lotus/McLaren
7 - Best Rookie - Vergne
8 - Biggest Surprise - Massa

9 - General Comment(s) - Hamilton is giving his best, but the team and the car keep letting him down.

naiego · Post by **naiego** » 29 May 2012, 15:19

Eric_Cartman wrote:1 - Best Driver

Webber, controlled the race pretty well and now he's 3 points behind the leader in the drivers' championship.

2 - Best Team

Red Bull, did their best for both of their drivers.

3 - Best Overtake

In two weeks time in Canada hopefully.

4 - Best Moment

None

5 - Worst Driver

Maldonado, a disastorus weekend for him...from hero in Spain to zero in Monaco.

6 - Worst Team

McLaren, they haave a fast car (3 pole positions out of six) but hteir race pace is troublesome. They can't get the tyres working on their cars.

7 - Best Rookie

Jean Eric Vergne

8 - Biggest Surprise

Massa's performance after a long time

9 - General Comment(s)

The most boring race of the season so far, I think that only Valencia can match it. What we needed was a little more rain in the last laps, something similar to what happened 30 years ago.

Post by **tderias** » 29 May 2012, 15:27

1 - Best Driver - Mark Webber.
2 - Best Team - Red Bull
3 - Best Overtake - Alonso jumping Lewis in the stops
4 - Best Moment - Last 10 laps or so, when the top 5 bunched up
5 - Worst Driver - Button in the race, Maldonado over the weekend
6 - Worst Team - Toro Rosso
7 - Best Rookie - Vergne
8 - Biggest Surprise - Kimi

9 - General Comment(s) Not the best Monaco GP, but Monaco is special in its own way...

dacer · Post by **dacer** » 29 May 2012, 15:35

Zack wrote:
dacer wrote: 5 - Worst Driver. Shumi, he is "same word he used with perez on spanish gp". He start to loose on spain, if he was not punished, he would win.

Who start first on Monaco GP?: Webber.
Who finish first on Monaco GP?: Webber.
Who was faster on Qualy?: Shumi
Why he didn't start first?: Cause he was punished by crash and blame with another driver on Spanish GP. If not, surely he would have won on Monaco.

:P

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