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[Snic]

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... 

[Kristian]

Best Driver - Bottas
Worst Driver - Guiterrez
Best Team - Mercedes
Best Overtake - Vettel on Alonso 
Best Moment - Seeing Kimi walk away from that crash OK. 
DRS + Tyres - DRS was too much today, tyres boring now. 

 

8, as it was pretty entertaining throughout. Could have been a 9 if Nico had stayed in, though I had a feeling he was going to get a DNF today. 

[TurboF1]

Best driver, Ricciardo. He basically one stopped the race on the medium tyres.

 

Next up, Fernando. I know Fred is a monster, but Jesus H Christ the man did things with that car against all odds.

 

Worst driver? Meh, can't tell, too wrapped up in a great race. Gutierrez?

 

Best moment, Lewis coming out of the pits on the hards and popping up with a 1:37:1xx. I KNEW we were in for a cracker then!

 

Funny moment. Sebastian absolutely CRYING over the radio because he ACTUALLY HAD TO RACE! Sorry mate, its called wheel to wheel racing for a reason. 

 

Great race, enjoyed it, and the championships alive again with Nico finally getting his DNF 

[Seanspeed]

9/10

Only lacked that battle for the lead.

But a doozy nonetheless.

[Disgrace]

Generous six for me. When you get psyched for the start, an immediate hour-long interruption inevitably kills momentum. Once the battle for the lead was prematurely decided, I lost most of my interest. All that said, I'm glad those who paid to watch the race live got their money's worth.

[Nonesuch]

Best Driver: Alonso, a strong recovery and assertive in his battles. I'll let the whining on the radio slide for this one.
Worst Driver: I haven't seen enough of the Maldonado/Gutiérrez tangle to say, but either of these seems like a good candidate. Mention to Räikkonen for misjudging at the start.
Best Team: Williams, we won't know because of Massa's incident if both cars were reliable, but Williams made a strong recovery with Bottas to put the car in the place it belongs.
Best Overtake: There were a few nice onces outside of DRS, but I suppose it can't hurt to give the nod to Vettel for sticking with Alonso long enough to force his way through. Excellent braking into Copse.
Best Moment: The scrap between Alonso and Vettel was amusing, both for the on track action and the tantrums by both drivers.
DRS + Tyres: The same old. DRS on this track just exacerbates the problem. Tyres seemed to last, which is decent enough.

And the race in a sentence: Silverstone proves that fast cars with plenty of downforce are most enjoyable to watch and race on tracks that have fast corners, and behind the usual Mercedes walk-over it produced a few - but not too many - nice scraps for position.

 

Rated it 6/10, a decent but not too memorable race with a few problems (DRS/long wait/no battle for the lead).

Edited by Nonesuch, 06 July 2014 - 15:00.

[Massa_f1]

Generous six for me. When you get psyched for the start, an immediate hour-long interruption inevitably kills momentum. Once the battle for the lead was prematurely decided, I lost most of my interest. All that said, I'm glad those who paid to watch the race live got their money's worth.

 

Agreed. Lost interest once Ros went out. Alonso provided most of the entertainment. Not a memorable GP at all really. 5/10

[Emilvang]

Best Driver - Alonso
Worst Driver - Gutierrez
Best Team - Williams.
Best Overtake - Vettel on Alonso 
Best Moment - Vettel and Alonso battle.
DRS + Tyres - Hard compound seemed faster than the medium compound.

Edited by Emilvang, 06 July 2014 - 15:03.

[Jackmancer]

Best Driver: Bottas
Worst Driver: Is it harsh to mention that other Finn here?
Best Team: Toro Rosso. Both cars in the points.
Best Overtake: Vettel on Alonso.
Best Moment: see above
DRS + Tyres: Just right. 

[windoesnot]

Best Driver: Several good drives today, would probably give it to Alonso for such a great defensive drive

Worst Driver: Esteban, oh dear

Best Team: Williams

Best Overtake: Alonso on Vettel at Copse, that man had huge balls!

Best Moment: The whole Vettel / Alonso fight, minus the cry baby radio

DRS + Tyres: Seemed ok to me

Race in one sentence: Not an classic but enjoyable to watch, shame Rosberg retired so we didn't get a battle between him and Lewis but there was plenty of other good parts.

 

7/10 for me.

[dreamer]

Best Driver - Bottas

Worst Driver - Guttierez

Best Team - Mercedes

Best Overtake - Vettel vs Alonso without the whining

Best Moment - Vettel vs Alonso without the whining

DRS + Tyres - never liked them

7/10 good race

[seahawk]

Best Driver: Lewis
Worst Driver: Kimi
Best Team: Merc
Best Overtake: Vettel on Alonso
Best Moment: Rosberg´s car brakes down
DRS + Tyres: okay

 

I love the result, I love the fight between Alonso and Vettel, but the advantage of the Mercs is a joke. They could lap all other teams except Williams. Therefore 6/10. A great races needs more than one team to fight for the victory.

[Seanspeed]

I realize Bottas had a strong result, but I cant help but feel he just sailed just past during most of his overtakes with top speed advantage and then cruised around on his own most of the race.

Alonso had to fight tooth and nail for that result the *entire* way through, both defending and attacking. One of the best drives I've seen in a while.

[Atreiu]

It wasn't nail biting because Rosberg DNFed, but there was plenty of action and drama all around.

 

Kimi showed us you can never be too old for rookie mistakes and Massa did great job avoiding an even more serious crash. And Bottas, huh? Fast and reliable, Williams have a gem. Hopefully they keep him while the teams improves.

 

Hamilton really needed this.

 

8/10

[Andrew Hope]

7/10.

 

Best Driver - Boatass. Great young talent/one to watch in the future/much better than Crashtor Murdernado/first win coming soon etc etc. Being 87mph faster in top speed presumably helps overtake, though.
Worst Driver - Alonso. Jumped start, endless blocking of other drivers, ignoring black & white flag, exceeding track limits 872 times, crying on the radio, and being so insecure as to think Vettel could not possibly pass him without the German somehow magically getting DRS outside of DRS zones. Even then he just narrowly beats his teammate Raikkonen, who managed to hurt himself and nearly injure Massa and Kobayashi with a reckless rejoining of the circuit and after his own silly mistake
Best Team - Red Bull were the only team to get two cars home in the top 5, so in this thread the best team was clearly Mercedes somehow, who gave one driver a stop & go on his regular pit stop and the other driver a gearbox that ate itself

Best Overtake - Alonso on Vettel, Vettel on Alonso, Chilton on paddock, Maldonado on bird
Best Moment - GUT revenge on MAL but in typical Sauber fashion they can't even roll an enemy car right
DRS + Tyres - Hards suddenly faster than the mediums is a little strange but after last year's fifteen tire explosions anything less than a tire flying into space and orbiting the moon was going to be a let down.

 

And the race in a sentence... as a warning to other tracks, if it takes you more than 4 minutes to replace an ARMCO barrier, you should lose your GP for 10 years.

[Borko]

Best Driver - Bottas, Alonso, Ricciardo
Worst Driver - Guiterrez
Best Team - Mercedes
Best Overtake - Alonso on Vettel
Best Moment - The entire Alonso vs Vettel
DRS + Tyres - Totally fine

 

Alonso's move on Vettel in Copse for me was much better, than Vettel's on Alonso. Alonso did it from the outside.

[skc]

Please rate the race objectively and not on your favourite drivers result 
 
Best Driver - Bottas
Worst Driver - Kimi
Best Team - Redbull
Best Overtake - Vettel on Alonso
Best Moment - Vettel vs Alonso
DRS + Tyres - Meh as always

And the race in a sentence... We were robbed of a great ending with Nico's gearbox failure so it was building up quite nicely only to end in a damp squib. A generous 8/10 that feels more like a 7 when I think about it too much.

Edited by skc, 06 July 2014 - 15:21.

[PayasYouRace]

Great race. 9/10, though tempting to give it a 10.

 

Best Driver Bottas. Great recovery.
Worst Driver Kimi. Yeah he just should have been more careful about rejoining the track.
Best Team Williams. Superb recovery from yesterday, and the car clearly has pace.
Best Overtake Vettel taking back Alonso, the latter pushing to the absolute limits of acceptable defensive driving.
Best Moment Maybe not a single moment, but that Vettel/Alonso battle was superb.
DRS + Tyres Nothing wrong here.

 

As I remember Murray Walker once saying, "The drama, the action, excitement, the good times and the bad times."

[Seanspeed]

Worst Driver - Alonso. Jumped start, endless blocking of other drivers, ignoring black & white flag, exceeding track limits 872 times, crying on the radio, and being so insecure as to think Vettel could not possibly pass him without the German somehow magically getting DRS outside of DRS zones. Even then he just narrowly beats his teammate Raikkonen, who managed to hurt himself and nearly injure Massa and Kobayashi with a reckless rejoining of the circuit and after his own silly mistake

Didn't jump start, this is F1 so you're allowed to block, he only exceeded track limits 871 times, and he was informed his dog died during the race, which explains his crying.

[wookles]

Best Driver : Alonso
Worst Driver : Raikkonen (sorry, but WHAT were you thinking! lucky nobody including yourself was seriously hurt)
Best Team : Mercedes
Best Overtake : Vettel on Alonso
Best Moment : Lewis winning.
DRS + Tyres : Seems ok.

[Infinityl]

Best Driver : Fernando Alonso

Worst Driver: Maldonado
Best Team: Williams
Best Overtake: Alonso on Vettel&Richiardo
Best Moment: 9 first laps on Alonso onboard and 8 laps Vettel Behind Alonso.
DRS + Tyres

And the race in a sentence... Good Race,  very good Massa avoiding Kimi.

[Longtimefan]

4/10

Great racing by some but lots of boring parts and we were robbed of a battle for the lead.

Driver of the day has to be Alonso

Kudos to Felipe for superb racing reactions and instinct, could have saved a very nasty crash there.

[TomNokoe]

8/10, another brilliant 2014 F1 race.

Alonso and Vettel was simply classic. Bottas storming though, Button so close to a podium, and a British winner :-)

[chrcol]

I rated 9 but thats based on race excitement.

 

The event I would score lower.

 

The girls all seem too covered up now every year on the british gp wearing those weird shoulder shrug things instead of been sleeveless like all the other countries.

The delay at start I think was excessive and even unneeded, too much caution.

[MAMBA]

Best driver: Alonso, despite starting way back he fought to a brilliant finish.

Worst Driver: -

Best Team: Williams did very well despite a bad start to weekend and definitely McLaren. Things are not looking good but for once they are looking to be in a better place although I doubt it will last very long. I hope that they get things sorted in the next few seasons.

Best moment: Silverstone race, it was exciting but the Alonso and Vettel pass on the end was very well executed. Certainly lifted me from my chair in excitement.

DRS + Tyres: -

 

The race was good start to end and there was plenty of excitement from the accidents (I hope Kimi is fine) and driver battles during the 52 laps, so it is a 10 from me.

 

The delay at the start was not personally noticeable but the delay was unnecessary.

I agree on the Girls...

 

 

MAMBA

[metz]

I thought the race boring.

But since I fell asleep  about lap 20 and woke up with 2 laps to go, I may not be the best judge.

What did I missed?

 

Oh, I see.....NR developed a gearbox problem and LH inherited the win.

Edited by metz, 06 July 2014 - 16:00.

[Sheepmachine]

Best Driver Bottas
Worst driver Guttierez
Best team Williams
Best overtake Alonso on Vettel round the outside at copse!
Best moment Alonso and Vettel squabbling on track and over the radio. Very entertaining.
DRS + Tyres Seemed alright

Superb racing, people said f1 was boring they are wrong!

Edited by Sheepmachine, 06 July 2014 - 16:03.

[Anderis]

Was Maldonado really at fault in the incident with Gutierrez? At the first look, I don't think so. If he wasn't, then I don't understand why some people rate him the worst driver. He was running ahead of Grosjean despite the misfortune in quali.

 

Unless someone can make a good point on why it was Maldonado to blame.

[jjcale]

I realize Bottas had a strong result, but I cant help but feel he just sailed just past during most of his overtakes with top speed advantage and then cruised around on his own most of the race.

Alonso had to fight tooth and nail for that result the *entire* way through, both defending and attacking. One of the best drives I've seen in a while.

 

And dont forget the penalty .... the guy is a legend

 

Edit: did FA serve his penalty - I assume he did but I cant remember.

Edited by jjcale, 06 July 2014 - 17:09.

[jjcale]

I rated 9 but thats based on race excitement.

 

The event I would score lower.

 

The girls all seem too covered up now every year on the british gp wearing those weird shoulder shrug things instead of been sleeveless like all the other countries.

The delay at start I think was excessive and even unneeded, too much caution.

 

They had to replace part of the fencing which had been demaged ....zero choice in the matter ... insurance might have been voided otherwise

[scheivlak]

7/10

 

Best Driver  Bottas
Worst Driver  Raikkonen, Gutierrez
Best Team  Wiliams
Best Overtake   Vettel on Alonso
Best Moment   Entire Alonso/Vettel fight including whines
DRS + Tyres   Decent

And the race in a sentence... could have been quite a classic but for Rosberg's retirement

 

[Viceroy]

5/10

 

Best Driver: Bottas, Ricciardo
Worst Driver Gutierrez
Best Team: Red Bull
Best Overtake : Vettel on Alonso
Best Moment : when the race finally resumed after the seemingly endless break.
DRS + Tyres   good

And the race in a sentence: Gravel traps, please!

[BullHead]

good race, but yes, gravel traps are needed. nice podium

[LORDBYRON]

Rubbish.

[jestaudio]

Rubbish.

yes that was lots of rubbish kicking around the track, must be all those hotdog stands etc, really wish people would tidy up after themselves but one can assume they were so delirious over seeing a british driver win the rubbish got strewn around when the arms went up in celebration , good race though 

[DrProzac]

Way too much whining by the drivers. But a great battle between Alonso and Vettel. Alonso was the driver of the race.

 

Shame that Rosberg DNF before Hamilton sealed the gap, but a least it evened out the championship fight.

 

I've seen the first start, than had to go out and run some errant. I was quite surprised to see that a hour later it was only lap 6.

 

Good race overall, the tires were OK and DRS wasn't that bad. 

Edited by DrProzac, 06 July 2014 - 19:50.

[P123]

Best Driver-- Bottas/ Button/ Alonso
Worst Driver-- Guti
Best Team-- Red Bull/ McLaren
Best Overtake-- Alonso on Vettel at Copse required a fair bit of commitment
Best Moment-- The entire Alonso/ Vet battle, and the tit for tat radio bitching
DRS + Tyres-- Looked like the cars could push all race long- not so long ago cheese tyres would not have enabled such battles as the Alo/ Vet fight.

And the race in a sentence... Eventful race, once it got going- 8/10.

[Laster]

Best Driver: Bottas, fantastic start up to 9th and forced his way up through the field. He couldn't have gotten a better result if he had started on pole.
Worst Driver: Gutierrez, silly unnecesary clash with Maldonado.
Best Team: Mclaren, good result for the team, they managed to hang on in there with their strong qualifying performance. They were the only team that didn't have a problem or make a significant error.
Best Overtake: Vettel on Alonso, mostly because that battle was just epic. Fantastic driving with two of the best drivers out there. Could have done with a mute on their radios though.
Best Moment: Again Vettel and Alonso's battle.
DRS + Tyres: Nothing worth mentioning.

The race in a sentence. Consistently gripping, I was fully entertained from start to finish. 8/10

[TomNokoe]

After another thrilling race, can we reflect on just how many good races we've had this year?

[Risil]

After another thrilling race, can we reflect on just how many good races we've had this year?

 

More than 2013, fewer than 2012 I reckon. It would be best if we pretended 2013 didn't happen.

[superden]

Best driver: Alonso, or Bottas

Worst driver: Gutierrez

Best team: McLaren

Best overtake: Alonso on Vettel

Best moment: Lewis taking the flag, tied with Kimi walking away

DRS & Tyres: Yes, these were both present today

 

In a sentence: Bernie, stop whining about Silverstone's VIP 'facilities' ... glad to see the championship has been revived, 9/10.

Edited by superden, 06 July 2014 - 21:26.

[Kristian]

 

 

The girls all seem too covered up now every year on the british gp wearing those weird shoulder shrug things instead of been sleeveless like all the other countries.

 

 Wasn't it a homage to the 50th British GP, and they were in post-war clothing styles? I thought it was classy myself. Maybe I'm getting old, but I find girls more attractive when tastefully covered up than standing there in lycra like clingfilm barely covering 10% of their body 

[Massa_f1]

After another thrilling race, can we reflect on just how many good races we've had this year?

 

2 for me.

 

Bahrain, and Canada. The rest have been no different to 2013, which also boring in the 2nd half of the season. To call any of the other races we have seen this year thrilling would be just wrong in my opinion.

 

If Mercedes and Williams had closer performance level this season would be much more entertaining, Still RBR, Ferrari, and McLaren seem close on most circuits. It is a shame Mercedes have to be so far ahead could of been a real classic open season between different teams and drivers then.

 

With that said it's the same nearly every year. 1 team better than the rest, just not by this much.

Edited by Massa_f1, 06 July 2014 - 22:47.

[TomNokoe]

2 for me.

Bahrain, and Canada. The rest have been no different to 2013, which also boring in the 2nd half of the season. To call any of the other races we have seen this year thrilling would be just wrong in my opinion.

Bahrain, Canada, Austria, Monaco, Spain and Today were all pretty good for modern F1, I thought.

[HeadFirst]

Best Driver - Alonso
Worst Driver - dunno ... who cares anyway
Best Team - Mercedes
Best Overtake - Alonso on Vettel (or perhaps Kimi on himself)
Best Moment - Vettel on Alonso
DRS + Tyres - 

[jondon]

I voted 8, Rosberg`s gearbox failure robbed us of a thriling finish.

[chrcol]

 Wasn't it a homage to the 50th British GP, and they were in post-war clothing styles? I thought it was classy myself. Maybe I'm getting old, but I find girls more attractive when tastefully covered up than standing there in lycra like clingfilm barely covering 10% of their body 

 

its been like this past 2 or 3 years I think.
 

[RonnyRonny]

Best Driver: Bottas
Worst Driver: Gutierrez
Best Team: Maybe McLaren
Best Overtake: Vettel on Alonso
Best Moment: Lewis taking the flag and celebrating with the crowd
DRS + Tyres: Ok, didnt explode.

[Zoetrope]

I am more impressed by Button than Bottas.

Bottas had clearly the car that had to finish behind Mercedes.
http://macofan.com/e...altteri Bottas
Once he cleared Jenson on track, Williams was pulling away at 1.5s a lap. This car was just a beast. On the other hand McLaren is a shitbox and JB was fighting for a podium 

[masa90]

Best Driver - Bottas
Worst Driver - Gutierez
Best Team - Mercedes
Best Overtake - Vettel on Alonso
Best Moment - Seeing Kimi get out of his car without serious injury.
DRS + Tyres - Worked well for a change