Rate the 2012 Japanese Grand Prix

Eric_Cartman · Post by **Eric_Cartman** » 07 Oct 2012, 09:38

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)

Post by **phil1993** » 07 Oct 2012, 09:43

1 - Best Driver
It's got to be Vettel, hasn't it? I mean, kudos to Kobayashi and Massa but Vettel took a Grand Chelem and did so comfortably. When he started testing himself towards the end of the race he just obliterated everyone

2 - Best Team
Red Bull. Nailed the set-up and lost a likely 1-2

3 - Best Overtake
The little Hamilton/Raikkonen battle was fun.

4 - Best Moment
Kobayashi on the podium. Spine-tingling stuff

5 - Worst Driver
Grosjean for his ineptness, but also Alonso for a silly mistake that had big ramifications for him

6 - Worst Team
Mercedes had a hopeless weekend

7 - Best Rookie
Neither really

8 - Biggest Surprise
Alonso retiring

Green Flag · Post by **Green Flag** » 07 Oct 2012, 10:07

1 - Best Driver
Vettel
2 - Best Team
Red Bull
3 - Best Overtake
Perez on Hamilton (the first time)
4 - Best Moment
Kobayashi podium
5 - Worst Driver
Grosjean. Come on...
6 - Worst Team
Mercedes
7 - Best Rookie
Hard to say
8 - Biggest Surprise
Massa's good performance. Very happy for him.
9 - General Comment(s)
That Red Bull car was incredible this weekend

Eric_Cartman · Post by **Eric_Cartman** » 07 Oct 2012, 10:10

1 - Best Driver
Vettel and Massa

2 - Best Team
Red Bull

3 - Best Overtake
Perez on Hamilton. The first time of course.

4 - Best Moment
Vettel taking the win

5 - Worst Driver
Grosjean

6 - Worst Team
Mercedes. They continue to go backwards. I wonder how long they will stay in F1 like this. Probably they're hoping that Hamilton brings the success in the next three years. If not, I think they'll retire from F1.

7 - Best Rookie
don't know

8 - Biggest Surprise
Alonso retiring

9 - General Comment(s)
a boring race. 4/10

donald29 · Post by **donald29** » 07 Oct 2012, 10:12

1 - Best Driver

Vettel, don't need to add anything to what Phil said.

2 - Best Team

Red Bull. Massive kudos for developing an effective double DRS and keeping it secret!

3 - Best Overtake

Perez on Hamilton.

4 - Best Moment

The crowd chanting 'Kamui'. From a personal point of view it was brilliant to see Felipe back on the podium. Had a massive smile on my face.

5 - Worst Driver

Grosjean. Dishonourable mention Sergio Perez.

6 - Worst Team

Mercedes. Just woeful. 5th place is really looking under threat.

7 - Best Rookie

Ricciardo, held Schumacher off very well.

8 - Biggest Surprise

Alonso's retirement.

9 - General Comment(s)

Dramatic start, intriguing battle for 2nd early on but second half of the race was pretty dull. Just a run to the flag bar Kobayashi / Button and Ricciardo / Schumacher.

Ferrari92 · Post by **Ferrari92** » 07 Oct 2012, 14:54

1 - Best Driver
Vettel and Massa

2 - Best Team
Red Bull

3 - Best Overtake
Perez on Hamilton

4 - Best Moment
Kamui and Felipe on the podium

5 - Worst Driver
Grosjean

6 - Worst Team
Mercedes

8 - Biggest Surprise
Alonso retiring

[FIN]SpeedFreak · Post by **[FIN]SpeedFreak** » 07 Oct 2012, 19:01

1 - Best Driver - Have to be Massa.
2 - Best Team - Propably Sauber.
3 - Best Overtake - Perez over Hamilton.
4 - Best Moment - None.
5 - Worst Driver - Grosjean, another first corner incident.
6 - Worst Team - Lotus, definatelly. They have completelly lost it.
7 - Best Rookie - Well. Don't know.
8 - Biggest Surprise - Alonso's first corner DNF because of his OWN mistake.
9 - General Comment(s) - Pretty boring race thanks to Vettels dominance.

Vorull · Post by **Vorull** » 07 Oct 2012, 21:04

1 - Best Driver Vettel was untouchable today, but my vote goes to Felipe baby.
2 - Best Team Sauber
3 - Best Overtake Checo on Hamilton
4 - Best Moment Podium
5 - Worst Driver Grosjean
6 - Worst Team Mercedes
7 - Best Rookie Vergne
8 - Biggest Surprise /
9 - General Comment(s) 7/10 because of the result.

naiego · Post by **naiego** » 08 Oct 2012, 08:34

1 - Best Driver

Vettel drove a faultless race, Massa got on the podium after 2 years but I vote Kobayashi, especially for his 3d stint

2 - Best Team

Red Bull, they stepped up a gear when they really needed to.

3 - Best Overtake

I vote the "nephew's" overtake o n Grosjean on 130R.

4 - Best Moment

The little encounter between Raikkonen nad Hamilton

5 - Worst Driver

Grosjean

6 - Worst Team

Mercedes

7 - Best Rookie

None

8 - Biggest Surprise

Massa's podium

9 - General Comment(s)

It's always a pleasure watching this race especially from the onboard shots. We didn't see many overtakes, not a thrilling one in terms of who would win but from the driver's point of view this track is the best.

dacer · Post by **dacer** » 08 Oct 2012, 10:11

1 - Best Driver. Japan crew. And Vettel for win, but lucky to be only advised. Massa, great race, and weekend. He was better than Alonso, and only some problems (seems with tyres) on Q2

2 - Best Team. ¿? RBR for his grid front row
3 - Best Overtake. Perez vs Hamilton
4 - Best Moment. 'Kamui!!!, Kamui!!!, Kamui!!!'
5 - Worst Driver. Grrrr, Kimi!!!, he cause a yellow flag and cause a puncture to Alonso!!!. Not, not really these are race incident, I think so. So maybe worst driver to Hamilton, he was the worst of top six drivers, but he get a 5 (grid 9) position, so really not as bad result for a bad weekend.
6 - Worst Team. ¿? ¿Mercedes?
7 - Best Rookie.
8 - Biggest Surprise.
9 - General Comment(s)

alex1369 · Post by **alex1369** » 09 Oct 2012, 09:09

1 - Best Driver - Vettel
2 - Best Team - RBR
3 - Best Overtake - Perez on sleeping Lewis, and Senna on RoGro
4 - Best Moment - start (didnt expect a crash) and Kobayashi on podium
5 - Worst Driver - RoGro...
6 - Worst Team - HRT
7 - Best Rookie - whatever - there not 24 rookies on the grid
8 - Biggest Surprise - start crash
9 - General Comment(s)
Well race was ok, 6.5/10

mileso · Post by **mileso** » 10 Oct 2012, 04:02

1 - Best Driver: Sebastien Vettel. He smoked the competition start to finish.

2 - Best Team: Red Bull. Pole AND second at the start

3 - Best Overtake: none come to mind

4 - Best Moment: Webber making it back to 9th! From dead off the track!

5 - Worst Driver: Romain Grosjean

6 - Worst Team: Lotus for not pulling Grosjean off the track and hanging their heads in shame

7 - Best Rookie: I didn't see one

8 - Biggest Surprise: Massa takes 2nd!

9 - General Comment(s): The promise of Button and Hamilton once again fail to deliver. Lotus fails to deliver. Schumacher still on the track, getting in the way. Perez is an OK driver but obviously not ready to drive a McLaren. What is the point of Narain being on the track? He never really improves. I am totally PO'd at Webber's misfortune in this race. I was glad to see Alonso out at the start. He and the Ferrari team didn't get a chance to screw with Massa's podium.

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