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Rate the Spanish GP!

  1. 1 (Worst rating) (77 votes [20.53%])

    Percentage of vote: 20.53%

  2. 2 (28 votes [7.47%])

    Percentage of vote: 7.47%

  3. 3 (33 votes [8.80%])

    Percentage of vote: 8.80%

  4. 4 (27 votes [7.20%])

    Percentage of vote: 7.20%

  5. 5 (45 votes [12.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 12.00%

  6. 6 (40 votes [10.67%])

    Percentage of vote: 10.67%

  7. 7 (38 votes [10.13%])

    Percentage of vote: 10.13%

  8. 8 (32 votes [8.53%])

    Percentage of vote: 8.53%

  9. 9 (23 votes [6.13%])

    Percentage of vote: 6.13%

  10. 10 (32 votes [8.53%])

    Percentage of vote: 8.53%

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#1 Snic

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 13:46

Please rate the race objectively and not on your favourite drivers result :)

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


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#2 study

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 13:46

This needs to change otherwise will switch off, this isn't racing anymore. I give it a 1.

#3 Baddoer

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 13:47

Boring. Not as quarter as good as last year. -9883743 points.

#4 Roonaldo

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 13:48

Joke

#5 Diablobb81

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 13:49

0/10.

I haven't seen anything that resembles racing.

#6 Disgrace

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 13:49

A horrid race. India has a lot to live up to to get the hat trick of worst race of the season.

#7 Atreiu

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 13:51

5, stuff happened. But it wasnt racing, just tyre filtering.

#8 Longtimefan

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 13:52

Any point?

Alonso fans will give it a 10, Vettel/Hammy fans will give it a 1.
Not many people are unbiased and vote on the race as a whole, rather than how their favourite did.


#9 l8apex

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 13:55

Happy to see Alonso win.

I give the race a 1 because Pirelli has made the series a complete joke.

#10 Massa_f1

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 13:56

0 if I could

Call that a motor race?

I would of given it a 0 if Vettel had won before anybody even says anything.

2 stops and only 20 laps in. oh please

No driver pushed hardly.

Terrible.

#11 darkkis

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 13:57

1.

Terrible, terrible race. Most boring so far this season.

#12 weston

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:01

I am happy for Alonso.
The title "race" is open.

Unfortunately this is not the Formula 1 I am used to.
Unacceptable that drivers are strongly advised not to race each other.

#13 np93

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:02

Best Driver : Alonso, honorable mentions to Ricciardo, Massa and Gutierrez

Worst Driver : Well Hamilton I guess, but that was mainly down to the tyres

Best Team : Ferrari

Best Overtake : There was overtaking? Probably Alonso and Vettel on Hamilton on Lap 1

Best Moment : The end that signified a waste of an hour and forty minutes

DRS and Tyres : DRS was good, but tyres were pathetic really.....

Dominated by tyres, worth a three of ten, and thats being impartial.

#14 Sakae

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:03

1 point (sorry, didn't have zero to choose).

This was anything but a competitive race. Disgrace not seen for very long time.

#15 fatd

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:03

A 1 for me. Kudos for all on podium today because they deserve the spot, but really I feel for the Merc drivers today... they deserve better after amazing Q yesterday.
I have never been actively against Pirelli but this race particularly is just.... boring. Close to zero racing, top 5 drivers all 10 sec apart of each other, apart from the first few laps nothing is really interesting.

#16 gm914

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:03

Always nice to see a driver win his home race, but this really wasn't a race.
A Grand Procession.

#17 Skinnyguy

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:06

4. Worst race in a good while. Top 5 miles away from each other, their order clear since 2/3 of the race, no good wheel to wheel unlike the excellent Bahrain race. Quite dull.

#18 Snic

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:06

Can't wait for Monaco..

Nando's double overtake at the start was pretty epic mind!

Edited by Snic, 12 May 2013 - 14:07.


#19 ANF

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:07

5. A quite good Spanish grand prix. For a 7 or 8 it has to move to Jerez.

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#20 Zoetrope

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:07

Best Driver Alonso
Worst Driver It was so hard to follow the race due to tyres that I don't know anymore. Hamilton?
Best Team Ferrari
Best Overtake Alonso on Rosberg
Best Moment Chequered flag
DRS + Tyres ...

#21 pastafan

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:07

Terrible, tyre management ott

#22 F1ultimate

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:08

I gave it a 4.

Mostly because of the Spanish crowd and the sight of Alonso winning on home turf, but the gaps between drivers across the entire grid was not good for racing or television. This is more pit stops for the wrong reasons and hasn't stimulated entertainment in any way. The fluctuations between races is too great. The team that gets it right have a fantastic time while those who don't are reduced to racing themselves.

#23 30ft penguin

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:09

I was bored out of my mind. Memorable quote by Hamilton: "I can't go any slower". Is that REALLY what we want to make racing more "exciting"? Drivers being told NOT to race?

Gave it a 2 because of that one tyre flying around, that added some excitement. Otherwise it would have been a 1.

Oh, forgot about the questions:

Best Driver: Dunno, Kimi maybe. At least he was best at keeping the tyres together. So I guess he was best at driving his car.

Worst Driver: can't really say, most of the bad moments were probably due to the tyres

Best Team: Ferrari, they seem to have a really good car now

Best Overtake: Have not seen a real overtake, just drivers letting other drivers through because they were told not to race. Wait, I think Alonso had a nice overtake at the start of the race.

Best Moment: The tyre flying around. Wish it had hit a Pirelli sign, though.

DRS + Tyres: the horror

Edited by 30ft penguin, 12 May 2013 - 14:17.


#24 BenettonB192

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:09

Pathetic state of affairs. Bring back tyres that allow drivers to race please!



#25 bourbon

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:10

Best Driver - Pirelli mediums
Worst Driver - Pirelli hards
Best Team - Pirelli
Best Overtake - I don't recall Pirelli doing anything too fancy
Best Moment - Prost sighting
DRS + Tyres - What DRS? Tyres were the star of the show.
And the race in a sentence... I'm still watching, so I'm still digging it. Just keep showing us the variable angles and long sweeping views ... I'm kewl :D

Edited by bourbon, 12 May 2013 - 14:16.


#26 Pothead4Philosopher

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:10

7 from me, a good race for Barca standards.

Well done by top three -- Ferrari looking good today, Kimi did what he could.

#27 sosidge

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:13

Bit of a dull one.

Magnificent Ferrari driven by magnificent Alonso gets magnificent win.

Everything else a disappointment. Raikonnen once again successfully avoids racing on way to second place in tyre-conserving Lotus. Red Bull off the pace, Mercedes perhaps the greatest contrast between qualy and race performance I have ever seen. Very little actual racing despite two DRS zones, fragile tyres and big differences in pace between cars.

#28 DKMoto

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:13

0/10

Welcome to FIA Tire Management Tycoon

"Dont race"
"Go slower"
"look after your tires"
"slow down and look after your tires more"

Complete joke.

#29 gm914

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:14

Gave it a 2 because of that one tyre flying around, that added some excitement. Otherwise it would have been a 1.

Perhaps the tires are becoming self-aware. VDG's left rear saying "Sod it. I want no part of this backlash. I'm off!" :wave:

#30 F1ultimate

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:16

Best Driver - Pirelli mediums
Worst Driver - Pirelli hards
Best Team - Pirelli
Best Overtake - I don't recall Pirelli doing anything too fancy
Best Moment - Prost sighting
DRS + Tyres - What DRS? Tyres were the star of the show.
And the race in a sentence... I'm still watching, so I'm still digging it. As long as we get variable angles and long views of the front running cars - as we did today, I'm kewl :D



Lol :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

#31 seahawk

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:20

Best Driver Alonso
Worst Driver - no candidate
Best Team - Ferrari
Best Overtake - Alonso in the first lap on Kimi and Lewis
Best Moment - end of the race
DRS + Tyres - a joke
And the race in a sentence... : BORING 3/10

#32 weston

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:22

0/10

Welcome to FIA Tire Management Tycoon

"Dont race"
"Go slower"
"look after your tires"
"slow down and look after your tires more"

Complete joke.



"I can't drive any slower" :mad:

#33 Opaque

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:24

"I can't drive any slower" :mad:

Who said that? :lol:

#34 Lemans

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:24

Nursing tires for 2 hrs. Cars look slow and uninspiring.


#35 l8apex

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:25

Unhappy with tires?

Let Pirelli know.https://www.facebook...orsport?fref=ts

#36 weston

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:26

Who said that? :lol:


Hamilton

#37 ANF

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:26

Who said that? :lol:

Hamilton said that, but I think his car had been set up for Silverstone or whatever.

#38 TomNokoe

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:26

Absolute horrific. Practice and Quali was more exciting.

#39 cartmann

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:30


Best Driver Best Go Slower Driver
Worst Driver - Best Go Faster Driver
Best Team - Baby Cotton Socks Racing
Best Overtake - The one where the guy accidently pressed DRS while in reverse and still overtook.
Best Moment - Watching Startrek: Into Darkness yesterday.
DRS + Tyres - It could be worse, the could give the drivers sticks and a tyre and tell them to get on with it, SC in wet weather would be interesting...

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#40 SunnyENTP

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:31

OP was there a 'Race' today?

#41 MinT

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:32

Plastic "racing" - pitiful.

#42 ArkZ

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:32

Best Overtake - Alonso in one corner (T3) on Raikkonen and Hamilton , easily overtake of the year so far.
Simply the best

Edited by ArkZ, 12 May 2013 - 14:58.


#43 sosidge

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:34

The tyres aren't a problem - the best drivers make it work because they can adapt.

The problem is that there is a certain driver who can't make them work who has a lot of noisy fans who want a sprint race format to give him a chance of winning all the trophies he said he would.

#44 motorhead

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:37

Best Driver RAI, getting maximum out of the car race after race
Worst Driver no opinion
Best Team Ferrari
Best Overtake Alonso at the start
Best Moment finish
DRS + Tyres same for everybody even if LH fans go crazy here
And the race in a sentence...Ferrari seems to have an edge, amazing starts from both drivers.

#45 spacekid

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:39

I sort of half watched. I saw a lot of drivers driving past each other with DRS flaps wide open while the driver being 'overtaken' was being told to conserve tyres. No doubt the Nu-F1 fan boys will be wetting themselves at all the excitement, and proclaiming it the finest racing this side of 2009. I've largely taken their advice and stopped watching.

If anyone could drop me a PM if F1 comes back this year that would be super thanks.

As an aside, did anyone else notice this was an especially lengthy race for Barcelona? I believe it was around the 100 minute mark. These cars are not running at anything like a fast pace.

#46 TheF1BOB

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:39

LOL it was hilarious. Seeing both the mercs go back like they did made my day. :lol:

#47 spacekid

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:41

The tyres aren't a problem - the best drivers make it work because they can adapt.

The problem is that there is a certain driver who can't make them work who has a lot of noisy fans who want a sprint race format to give him a chance of winning all the trophies he said he would.


Not necessarily true - I much prefer Alonso to Hamilton - I simply don't enjoy this form of racing.

#48 Nonesuch

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:41

Rated it 4/10.

Best Driver: Alonso. His first laps are excellent and he cuts it extremely close, which has good sides (today) but bad ones as well (Japan last year).
Worst Driver: Hard to say. Didn't see anything spectacular.
Best Team: Ferrari. Double podium, good pace throughout the race on both tyres.
Best Overtake: Alonso on Raikkonen and Hamilton was great. Vettel making a non-DRS assisted move on Rosberg after the first stops, I think it was, was pretty good thinking too.
Best Moment: The opening laps, I suppose.
DRS + Tyres: DRS is silly, and the tyres were even worse than usual, which is quite an achievement. "I can't go any slower", kinda says it all.
And the race in a sentence: I'm happy for Alonso, Ferrari and the Spanish crowd! Great day for them - and myself!  ;) But the tyre regulations need to get dumped into the Mediterranean as soon as possible and replaced with an open competition between different manufacturers.

Edited by Nonesuch, 12 May 2013 - 14:44.


#49 rasul

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:42

Not necessarily true - I much prefer Alonso to Hamilton - I simply don't enjoy this form of racing.


That was racing? I think not.

#50 PretentiousBread

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Posted 12 May 2013 - 14:43

Did someone say Grand Prix?