Rate the 2012 United States Grand Prix

dacer · Post by **dacer** » 19 Nov 2012, 10:40

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** » 19 Nov 2012, 10:51

1 - Best Driver
Both Hamilton and Vettel were in a different class.

2 - Best Team
Has to be Ferrari, doesn't it? Great (controversial) decision resulted in 3rd and 4th.

3 - Best Overtake
Raikkonen on Hulkenberg

4 - Best Moment
Midfield battles early on; was it Grosjean against Schumacher that lasted for about half a lap?

5 - Worst Driver
No-one really stuck out.

6 - Worst Team
Mercedes

7 - Best Rookie
Neither really.

8 - Biggest Surprise
Alonso in 3rd, Mercedes dropping off so badly

9 - General Comment(s)
Enjoyable race. Great action that wasn't down to everyone hitting each other.

Eric_Cartman · Post by **Eric_Cartman** » 19 Nov 2012, 16:10

1 - Best Driver
Lewis Hamilton. I think the Red Bull and the Mclaren were equally strong. But Hamilton won the fascinating battle between two of the greatest drivers. Vettel and Hamilton are always very good at new tracks. Abu Dhabi comes into my mind. It's a shame that Karthikeyan blocked Vettel, otherwise it wouldn't have been so easy for Hamilton to pass him.

2 - Best team
Ferrari. In hindsight you have to say that Massa's gearbox change was a great idea.

3 - Best overtake
Button on Schumacher (reminded me a bit of Schumacher - Barrichello in Hungary 2010), Raikkonen on Hulkenberg

4 - Best Moment
The midfield battles

5 - Worst Driver
probably Grosjean. He made the only crucial mistake.

6 - Worst Team
Mercedes for the 5th time in a row

7 - Best Rookie
?

8 - Biggest Surprise
The amount of overtakings on this new circuit

9 - General Comment(s)
I enjoyed the race. Lots of overtakings and a battle for the lead. What more could one want? 9/10
I'm looking forward to Brazil. The championship fight isn't over yet

F1EA · Post by **F1EA** » 19 Nov 2012, 16:17

1. Best driver: Lewis. RB had the extra ounce, but he made that up by being HAM to take the win.
2. Best team: Ferrari. Controversial decision, but gave a big "leave is alone, we know what we're doing" to everyone. Didnt have the pace for anything better, struggled in general... an still managed a great team result.
3. Best overtake: the whole battle between Kimi and Jenson was pretty nice
4. Best moment: the whole race was good.
5. Worst driver: all good
6. Worst team: oh boy.... Mercedes are going for 2013, but the regs won't change that much.... so i dont get it.
7. Best rookie: all good as well
8. Biggest surprise: Alonso P4 by turn 1. Yeah everyone was waiting for something, but that was beyond expectations.
9. Great race, cool track. One of the best race of the yr. 9/10

naiego · Post by **naiego** » 19 Nov 2012, 17:44

1 - Best Driver

Hamilton, he drove a very solid race, stayed behind Vettel all the way and when an opportunity presented he grabbed it and won

2 - Best Team

McLaren. In Friday they lookeed an eternity off the pace but in the race their pace was the fastest.

3 - Best Overtake

Raikkonen on Hulkenberg.

4 - Best Moment

First laps with all the action and overtakes that happened.

5 - Worst Driver

No-one was that bad.

6 - Worst Team

Mercedes once again.

7 - Best Rookie

None.

8 - Biggest Surprise

The "dirty" side of the track at the start wasn't that bad as expected.

9 - General Comment(s)

A very promising start of the new F1 adventure in the U.S. Almost a soldout race, let's hope it continues that way.

Green Flag · Post by **Green Flag** » 19 Nov 2012, 19:13

1 - Best Driver
Hamilton

2 - Best Team
Ferrari

3 - Best Overtake
Räikkönen on Hülkenberg

4 - Best Moment
There was a lot of good racing

5 - Worst Driver
No one was really bad but Grosjean lost it again. Although he was really good after that

6 - Worst Team
Mercedes, reaching new heights in underachieving...

7 - Best Rookie
-

8 - Biggest Surprise
Webber retiring - you have to wonder how hard it is to fix an alternator...

9 - General Comment(s)
Gave it 10/10, mainly because now we got another Brazil WDC decider

dacer · Post by **dacer** » 20 Nov 2012, 10:33

1 - Best Driver. LH, he deserve to win a race for a long time, but McLaren do not deserve.
2 - Best Team. Looking position, Ferrari, but don't like Massa gearbox move
3 - Best Overtake. Button on Senna
4 - Best Moment
5 - Worst Driver
6 - Worst Team
7 - Best Rookie
8 - Biggest Surprise

9 - General Comment(s)
One race left, and driver championship still alive

NICO_4EVER · Post by **NICO_4EVER** » 20 Nov 2012, 12:05

1 - Best Driver

Hamilton

2 - Best Team

McLaren

3 - Best Overtake

Maldonado on Senna.

4 - Best Moment

Kimi's overtake on Hülkenberg.

5 - Worst Driver

Kobayashi (He couldn't do much in the race.)

6 - Worst Team

Mercedes

7 - Best Rookie

Pic (Just because he survived the race.)

8 - Biggest Surprise

When the sun went behind the clouds, Lotus' performance dropped pretty much.

9 - General Comment(s)

Not the best races this season, but it was still good. The track was fine, but the conservative tyre decisions made by Pirelli made the tactics pretty simple. Because the track was new, it was alright.

donald29 · Post by **donald29** » 20 Nov 2012, 13:23

1 - Best Driver
Hamilton

2 - Best Team
Ferrari

3 - Best Overtake
Raikkonen on the Hulk

4 - Best Moment

5 - Worst Driver
Grosjean for his spin. He looked the faster Lotus driver but threw positions away with a silly spin.

6 - Worst Team
Mercedes. Who else?

7 - Best Rookie
-

8 - Biggest Surprise
Schumacher being 6th fastest in qualifying and starting 5th.

9 - General Comment(s)
Good race.

alex1369 · Post by **alex1369** » 20 Nov 2012, 15:23

1 - Best Driver - Lewis
2 - Best Team - Mclaren
3 - Best Overtake - Kimi on Hulkenberg, all Buttons overtakings
4 - Best Moment - Hamilton taking lead
5 - Worst Driver - MSC, did he use a setup from F1 2012 game??
6 - Worst Team - Mercedes, if there are 3 more races Caterham would overtake them - crappy car, when you just think this car has won a race this year.
7 - Best Rookie - whatever
8 - Biggest Surprise - Hamilton matching Vettel all the time - usually he burns his tires before the pit stop window, MSC going backwards after good QLF

9 - General Comment(s)
F1 continued where it left in Abu Dhabi - very good racing. Lets hope Brazil will be cherry on the cake with big lottery rain.

8.5/10

Ferrari92 · Post by **Ferrari92** » 20 Nov 2012, 16:29

1 - Best Driver
Hamilton and Massa

2 - Best Team
McLaren

3 - Best Overtake
Kimi on Hulkenberg
Massa on Schumacher and Grosjean

4 - Best Moment
Hamilton taking the lead

6 - Worst Team
Mercedes

8 - Biggest Surprise
Ferrari's poor pace. Even they have finished 3rd and 4th, they were 40 seconds behind the leader

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