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by TwistedArmco » 25 Jul 2010, 19:18
1 - Best Driver
I think it probably goes to Massa for the fact he was ahead and would have won. I think Alonso was genuinely faster, but it's not easy to overtake, hence he couldn't.
2 - Best Team
Ferrari for pace.
3 - Best Overtake
One of De la Rosa's three on Hulk.
4 - Best Moment
Rob Smedley's sarcastic radio messages.
5 - Worst Driver
Probably Schumi, in context of his home race, maybe Sutil or Liuzzi, although that was arguably not their fault.
6 - Worst Team
Ferrari for handling what could have been an easy and discreet team-order terribly.
7 - Best Rookie
Kowboy? Petrov? Wasn't really focusing.
8 - Biggest Surprise
Well, I didn't expect them to actually let Alonso past. Ferrari has been decidedly more sensible in the last few years then the whole 2002 thing, so it slightly shocked and appalled me, I must admit.
9 - General Comment
Now for a start, the order should never have come. But secondly, why isn't there a more discreet radio command as code to let the guy behind by? And then, why couldn't Massa have just slowed slightly, just so Alonso could get in his slipstream? Or he could've "run wide" at turn 1, which he seemed happy to do for half the previous laps of the weekend. Like swca92 said, it's less the actual order (after all, McLaren and BMW have both done the old switcheroo in the last two years, although it didn't matter so much then) than the way it was carried out.
The race's only interesting bit was the start, the pistops and the mental battle between Alonso and Massa, while it lasted.
Thus:
Australian Grand Prix 9/10
Canadian Grand Prix 9/10
Chinese Grand Prix 9/10
Turkish Grand Prix 7/10
British Grand Prix 7/10
Monaco Grand Prix 7/10
Malaysian Grand Prix 7/10
European Grand Prix 6/10
Spanish Grand Prix 5/10
Bahrain Grand Prix 5/10
German Grand Prix 4/10
No, I'm not calmer. Just more jaded.