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[Topsu]

You know what to do.

Best Driver - Kimi Räikkönen, great race all around
Worst Driver - Pastor Maldonado, out-driven by rookie team mate and ended up in the gravel
Best Team - Ferrari, leading the WCC, best team effort
Best Overtake - Alonso on Hamilton, great awareness by Alonso
Best Moment - Kimi crossing the line I guess
DRS + Tyres - DRS was ok, but the supersofts were a complete joke
And the race in a sentence... Not the best season opener

7/10

Edited by D.M.N., 17 March 2013 - 10:34.

[Snic]

We got some interesting discussions and views on the forums' favourite bits of racing last year, so thought it would be great to have another crack this season and get an incredibly scientific view of how this season compares ;)

Please vote the race Objectively, not on how your favourite driver finished!!
So go ahead and choose your...

Best Driver
Worst Driver
Best Team
Best Overtake
Best Moment
DRS + Tyres
And the race in a sentence...

And here's a summary of last year's best bits if you're feeling nostalgic http://forums.autosp...=best overtakes

Edited by Snic, 17 March 2013 - 09:44.

[SCUDmissile]

Best Driver - Jules Bianchi with honorable mention to Kimi, Alonso, Massa.
Worst Driver - Maldonado
Best Team - Ferrari
Overtake - Vettel on Sutil
Moment - The realisation that Ferrari were actually CLOSING on Seb, and the RBR woudn't do its early galloping away trick.
Tyres - Joke
DRS - Didn't make it too easy

7/10

[fololo]

You know what to do.

Best Driver - Kimi Räikkönen, great race all around
Worst Driver - Pastor Maldonado, out-driven by rookie team mate and ended up in the gravel
Best Team - Ferrari, leading the WCC, best team effort
Best Overtake - Alonso on Hamilton, great awareness by Alonso
Best Moment - Kimi crossing the line I guess
DRS + Tyres - DRS was ok, but the supersofts were a complete joke
And the race in a sentence... Not the best season opener

7/10

8 /10

I think ss should be harder and medium a little more degration

[fololo]

You know what to do.

Best Driver - Kimi Räikkönen, great race all around
Worst Driver - Pastor Maldonado, out-driven by rookie team mate and ended up in the gravel
Best Team - Ferrari, leading the WCC, best team effort
Best Overtake - Alonso on Hamilton, great awareness by Alonso
Best Moment - Kimi crossing the line I guess
DRS + Tyres - DRS was ok, but the supersofts were a complete joke
And the race in a sentence... Not the best season opener

7/10

8 /10

I think ss should be harder and medium a little more degration

[choyothe]

Best Driver - Kimi Räikkönen without question, masterful performance
Worst Driver - Maldonado/Grosjean
Best Team - Ferrari
Best Overtake - Vettel on Sutil, very important pass from far far away and with tyres of same age
Best Moment - Kimi putting a high-31 up on his 2nd stint and me realizing he'd be able to 2-stop
DRS + Tyres - "DRS was ok, but the supersofts were a complete joke", agreed
And the race in a sentence... Quite entertaining, and yes a bit refreshing even for me as a Vettel fan (doesn't hurt that I'm just as big of a Kimi fan )


8/10

[Vesuvius]

Best Driver - Kimi Räikkönen, perfect race.
Worst Driver - Pastor Maldonado.
Best Team - Ferrari.
Best Overtake - Kimi on Hamilton.
Best Moment - Kimi making the fastest lap three laps before the end, classic Kimi.
DRS + Tyres - DRS and tyres both worked very well, actually tyres better than expected.
and the race in sentence...Great season opener.

9/10

[wattoroos]

You know what to do.

Best Driver - Kimi Räikkönan
Worst Driver - Pastor Maldonado
Best Team - Lotus, great strategy call
Best Overtake - Webber on Di Resta
Best Moment - Kimi winning after a superb drive
DRS + Tyres - DRS was good, Tyres were fine excpet I think softs would have been better
And the race in a sentence... A solid race to start the year

7/10

[jrg19]

Best Driver - Kimi was flawless
Worst Driver - Maldonado
Best Team - Ferrari both cars finishing high up
Best Overtake - Vettel on Sutil super late braking
Best Moment - Mini battle between Lewis and Fernando
DRS + Tyres - DRS was standard, supersofts were a complete joke especailly when Sutil had ran a great race and was frankly F'd by them.

8/10

[SpaMaster]

Best Driver - Räikkönen, masterful drive of the car.
Worst Driver - n a
Best Team - Lotus, perfectly scripted winning strategy and car
Best Overtake - Raikkonen on Hamilton, on a difficult part of the track. Was keen on attacking and not wasting time. Stuck it.
Best Moment - When it looked like Raikkonen may be on to a two-stopper
DRS + Tyres - DRS is artificial as always. Tyres are better than last year it looks in that the teams are able to switch on the tyres better.
And the race in a sentence... Season opens with a bang!

[Rikhart]

You know what to do.

Best Driver - Kimi Räikkönen, great race all around
Worst Driver - Pastor Maldonado, out-driven by rookie team mate and ended up in the gravel
Best Team - Ferrari, leading the WCC, best team effort
Best Overtake - Alonso on Hamilton, great awareness by Alonso
Best Moment - Kimi crossing the line I guess
DRS + Tyres - DRS was ok, but the supersofts were a complete joke
And the race in a sentence... Not the best season opener

7/10

Mostly agree with you, except best overtake for me was raikkonen on hamilton. Alonso did it when the mercedes tyres were already shot, it was bound to happen. Also the race for me was a 10/10, because of the surprise of Kimi taking the win easily!

[Nonesuch]

Best Driver - Kimi Räikkönen, some very decided moves and a a great pace throughout the race on an unusual strategy. Deserved win!
Worst Driver - Webber for still having problems getting off the grid in his almost-200th race. At least he recovered somewhat to 6th. (Edit: Apparently Webber had KERS issues at the start.)
Best Team - Ferrari for having two cars at the sharp end of the grid, Lotus for pulling off a (comfortable?) two stop race.
Best Overtake - Nothing really comes to mind. Alonso nicely avoided Hamilton's collision course, Vettel had a few lunges from quite far back that were pretty good.
Best Moment - Vettel's inability to pull off his signature 'first stint gap', gives some hope for the rest of the season.
DRS + Tyres - DRS is still a silly gimmick and the softness and lack of durability of the tyres are still as unsatisfying as it ever was.
The race in a sentence: A fun race that, while it was nothing too spectacular, showcased some of the elements that make F1 racing interesting. One extra point for it being the season opener.

7/10

Edited by Nonesuch, 17 March 2013 - 14:31.

[Shiroo]

Best Driver - Räikkönen, masterful drive of the car.
Worst Driver - Maldonado
Best Team - Lotus, great strategy and good car rigth from the bat
Best Overtake - Raikkonen on Hamilton
Best Moment - Podium
DRS + Tyres - medium is ok, ss is quali tyres

[CrashPad]

Best Driver: Raikkonen, no contest. Honorable mentions to Sutil & Alonso.
Worst Driver: Maldonado was the only one to beach it so him it is.
Best Team: Ferrari.
Best Overtake: Raikkonen on Hamilton in the early laps. Possibly made all the difference in the end.
Best Moment: Kimi putting in the FL on the penultimate lap
DRS + Tyres: DRS was in balance I think, tyre game was interesting and played a big role in the victory fight, supersofts were a bit on the silly side though.
And the race in a sentence... Worth the wait

8/10
Good amount of on-track racing and some nice passes, good and interesting fight for the win etc.
On the other hand is was surprisingly un-dramatic for a Melbourne GP, no SC, nothing too flashy about it, but I ain't complaining.

[rasul]

Best Driver - Kimi was pretty much flawless
Worst Driver - Maldonado
Best Team - Ferrari. Great car, solid strategy.
Best Overtake - Vettel on Sutil. Great overtake.
Best Moment - When it became clear that RB wasn't a 'dominant' car at all, as everyone was crying.
DRS + Tyres - DRS was OK, but supersofts were a complete joke
And the race in a sentence... Could have been better, but not bad.

7/10

[Superbar]

Best Driver - Kimi Räikkönen. Honourable mention: Alonso, Sutil, Bottas
Worst Driver - Pastor Maldonado
Best Team - Ferrari. Only top team with both cars performing.
Best Overtake - More good ones than expected, but Räikkönen on Hamilton because of the importance for the final result.
Best Moment - Realizing that Räikkönen is doing a 2 stopper and making it work.
DRS + Tyres - DRS seemed balanced. Supersoft not so much.
And the race in a sentence... Great fun though I had hoped to see Mercedes do a little better.

8/10

[tormave]

Best driver: Kimi Raikkonen, by a mile and half
Worst driver: Pastor Maldonado
Best team: Ferrari - fantastic pit stops and awake with the strategy too (less so for Massa tho)
Best overtake: Raikkonen on Hamilton - decisive
Best moment: Kimi's FL at the end, one tick closer to getting the record
DRS + tyres: spot on - some couldn't get the SS to last, but Merc did - on full tanks
Race in a sentence: a cracking race for every position all the way to the flag

Honorable mention: adding tyre stint data has made the official live timing app a must have

[Crossmax]

Best Driver Kimi Räikkönen (Sutil close second)
Worst Driver Pastor Maldonado
Best Team Ferrari (did what they could with both cars and outsmarted Red Bull)
Best Overtake Vettel on Sutil into turn 3 (that was from quite far behind)
Best Moment Opening lap battle between the Ferraris (wasn't a very memorable race as far as "moments" go)
DRS + Tyres DRS was fine, super-softs way too fragile.
And the race in a sentence... SO sweet to not have HRT on the grid, I thought the traffic was considerably more manageable than at any point last year

6/10

Edited by Crossmax, 17 March 2013 - 14:23.

[Zoetrope]

Best Driver Kimi
Worst Driver Maldonado. Ted Kravitz explained Grosjean got different parts than Kimi, so that would excuse him in my eyes.
Best Team Ferrari - race pace and pit-stops
Best Overtake Webber on Di Resta
Best Moment Sutil hanging out with top cars
DRS + Tyres Just about fine. Besides Lotus, everyone seem to be quite in the same basket as far as conservation goes.
And the race in a sentence... Great starter, no dominant team!

[P123]

Best Driver - Kimi Räikkönen, Adrian Sutil
Worst Driver - Pastor Maldonado
Best Team - Lotus
Best Overtake - Vettel on Sutil, Raikkonen on Hamilton
Best Moment - Sutil leading
DRS + Tyres - DRS fine, tyres look like being the factor in races this season, perhaps negating Red Bull's aero edge
And the race in a sentence... Normal Melbourne season opener

7/10

Edited by P123, 17 March 2013 - 16:15.

[Fastcake]

Best driver: Kimi Raikkonen. He won the race pretty well after all.
Worst driver: Pastor Maldonado. I don't think their was anyone really bad, though Grosjean's performance was not that impressive but apparently the cars weren't the same, so it has to go to the guy who made the worst mistake.
Best team: It pains me to say Ferrari, but they got both their cars up there.
Best overtake: Webber on di Resta was pretty decent.
Best moment: Not sure, maybe the fact Button managed the points. Nice to see Lotus are competitive to take the place of McLaren (for now) but I'm not convinced they can stay there.
DRS+Tyres: DRS, fine. SS tyres, awful.

[The Kanisteri]

Best Driver Kimi Räikkönen
Worst Driver None
Best Team Red Bull (They had no good race but practises and qualification gave us hint there's lot potential in that car)
Best Overtake Early race Kimi passing Lewis when DRS was not enabled yet.
Best Moment Kimi's good pace before second stop with worn tyres.
DRS + Tyres For rain I'm not happy they have no proper monsoon tyres. Didn't paid much attention on DRS
And the race in a sentence... Good season opener. No race crashes, no safetycars and challenging weather. Rookies played race without pileups.

9/10

[Longtimefan]

8/10 for me, good start to the season, entertaining from lights to flag.

I'm astounded by those 10 that voted it 10/10, you know that means no other race can ever be better than this. lol

[ruby soho]

Best Driver - Kimi Räikkönen
Worst Driver - Pastor for beaching it, and being lost for the whole weekend
Best Team - Ferrari, good pace overall and a WCC lead with good team effort.
Best Overtake - Raikkonen on Hamilton, but there were probably better ones that I don't remember.
Best Moment - Sutil in the lead
DRS + Tyres - Alright
And the race in a sentence... Quite uneventful, watching Kimi climb through the grid was entertaining.

7/10

Edited by ruby soho, 17 March 2013 - 20:31.

[Les]

Best Driver - Adrian Sutil with strong competition from Kimi and an honourable mention to Bianchi.
Worst Driver - Maldonado with strong competition from Grosjean.
Best Team - Lotus, great strategy to win the race.
Best Overtake - Alonso on Hamilton, unfathomably controversial. Its called racing folks!
Best Moment - Vettel is behind Sutil after pitstops and Sutil begins to pull away!
DRS + Tyres - Super softs were like melted cheese.
And the race in a sentence... Race flowed well without any safety cars and a fantastic start to the season.

9/10

[tomisumi]

Best Driver(s) - Raikkonen, started from 7th, strong pace whole race, also good tyre management, quite trouble-free win
Worst Driver - Maldonado, nowhere to be seen all weekend, outqualified by newboy Bottas, and classic race-ended mistake in race
Best Team - maybe Ferrari, both drivers showed their speed
Best Overtake - Alonso/Hamilton battle, very clever maneuvres from Alonso...
Best Moment - 7 different drivers in lead!
DRS + Tyres - Perfect job by Pirelli, two different compounds created strategy-difficult race
And the race in a sentence...Although it didn´t rain and any collisions too, it was interesting opener...can´t wait for next Sunday already

8/10

[bourbon]

Best Driver - Kimi Räikkönen - just BRILLIANT!!!
Worst Driver - Pastor Maldonado - What a miserable weekend for him. He has to turn it around both on and off track
Best Team - Lotus - pulled it outta the bag for a bit of a darkhorse win with a 2 stop strategy! That's what we're talking about!
Best Overtake - Vettel taking that inside corner - sublime
Best Moment - Kimi winning - Vettel podium
DRS + Tyres - DRS didn't seem to play an amazing role, Pirelli is attempting to make f1 racing all about THEM which is idiotic. The teams will adjust.
And the race in a sentence... All openers are exciting as we are RACING again! Yay! Kimi took it over the top and Vettel hanging in there despite Hungry Heidi wanting to drag her feet was . So overall I gave it highest marks for an opener.

[jjbuisanF1]

Best Driver Kimi Räikkönen, magnificent tyre management and deserved victory.
Worst Driver Maldonado, horrible weekend for him, knocked out in Q1 and DNF in the race.
Best Team Ferrari, both drivers were fighting for the win and showed a really quick (race) pace. In addition, they made the fastest pit-stops.
Best Overtake Fernando Alonso on Lewis Hamilton at Stewart corner.
Best Moment Adrian Sutil leading the race followed by Vettel, the two Ferraris and Kimi.
DRS + Tyres Tyres went better than expected and gave us a thrilling GP while DRS was suitable to maximize overtaking chances.
And the race in a sentence... "He knows what he's doing"

Edited by jjbuisanF1, 17 March 2013 - 21:07.

[Lee Nicolle]

Race was quite average. The usual problems with useless tyres and later the fact there was only one line because of the marbles from the useless tyres.
Kimi was smart and inherited the race.
The Lotus, and Kimi seemed to be the easiest on tyres.
Fernando was smart and settled for a place, especially when Kimi did a very quick lap a few from the end.

F1? Far too many rinkydink toys, tyres that are rubbish, push to pass, flappy wings that sometimes seem to flap when they shouldnt and car that are still butt ugly! Though surprisingly strong when the bounce off a wall and continue on.

[Seanspeed]

7/10

Wasn't super special but it was great seeing two Ferrari's hounding Vettel from the get-go. Racecraft was great from everybody. Dont think there was any contact whatsoever, was there?

Best moment: "Pit. This. Lap. Pit. This. Lap. Con-firm. Pit. This. Lap. Pit. This. Lap. Con-firm."

[DanardiF1]

Best Driver - Kimi, with Alonso a close 2nd. Raikkonen's consistent pace gave him the win, whereas Alonso was blindingly fast but in peaks and troughs.
Worst Driver - Maldonado. Seemed quiet and unable to do anything about young Bottas, and then binned it for good measure. Perhaps losing his friend Chavez is still playing on his mind?
Best Team - Lotus for making a winning 2-stopper work. Ferrari 2nd for producing two great cars for the race, no other team really did that.
Best Overtake - Vettel's outbraking of Sutil was the only real banzai move, so that's a winner.
Best Moment - I'd say it was the slow, steady realisation that Kimi was effectively leading it from 5th! Some of Alonso's fast laps were great to watch too.
DRS + Tyres - DRS made a difference if you got turn 1 right, which actually made it a decent challenge. The tyres were pretty good also, the medium being the perfect race tyre and the supersoft acting as an old-school qualy tyre you had to run in the race.
And the race in a sentence... A good race with a few good subtexts, not much visual action but good mind-food for the hardcore F1 fans.