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[Nonesuch]

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As always, please rate the race objectively and not based on your favourite driver's result!

 

Don't forget to also mention your ...
 
Best Driver:
Worst Driver:
Best Team:
Best Overtake:
Best Moment:
DRS + Tyres:

And the race in a sentence:

Edited by Nonesuch, 07 September 2014 - 13:58.

[skc]

8/10

 

Don't forget to also mention your ...
 
Best Driver:  Daniel Ricciardo
Worst Driver: Kevin Magnussen
Best Team:  Mercedes
Best Overtake: Dan on...on everybody really
Best Moment:  Ricciardo scything through the rear
DRS + Tyres: OK

And the race in a sentence: Surprisingly decent race actually. 

Edited by skc, 07 September 2014 - 14:17.

[Nonesuch]

I rated the race 6/10 - it was enjoyable, but not very memorable or particularly exciting.

 

Best Driver: Bottas and Ricciardo both stood out for their recoveries, and of these two Ricciardo impressed me more. Pérez was solid, but his chicane-cutting makes it hard to give him the nod.
Worst Driver: Gutiérrez, that move of his on Grosjean was terrible even by GP2 standards. Magnussen gets a (dis)honourable mention.
Best Team: Williams, who unlike at earlier races made the most of their opportunity to score points.
Best Overtake: Ricciardo on Pérez was a classic Monza overtake, very nice indeed.
Best Moment: The bungled start, because that dropped Bottas and Ricciardo down the order, leading to some interesting racing later on.
DRS + Tyres: Same old, really. Not much to be said about them in particular.

And the race in a sentence: Mercedes reigns supreme, Red Bull is still a very crafty team, and Ferrari breaks the hearts of its home crowd.

Edited by Nonesuch, 07 September 2014 - 14:07.

[HP]

Best Driver: Ric
Worst Driver: Chilton
Best Team: Mercedes
Best Overtake: Most of Ric's overtakes
Best Moment: Nothing really extraordinary
DRS + Tyres: When they were working, OK.

And the race in a sentence: Except for a few overtakes (them due to problems at the start) a procession.

[KavB]

Best Driver: Perez - Force India didn't seem like they would achieve much this weekend but he beat the McLarens and overshadowed Hulkenberg which is a good result.

Worst Driver: Magnussen - Only because he suffered a penalty in Spa so he should have been more wary about his aggression. 
Best Team: Mercedes 
Best Overtake: One of Ricciardo's
Best Moment: Nothing really
DRS + Tyres: Okay

And the race in a sentence: Good midfield scrap but anti-climatic race for the win. 

[Cyanide]

Best Driver: Ricciardo 

Worst Driver: Hulkenberg - where the hell was he this whole time?

Best Team: Mercedes

Best Overtake: Perez on Button with Ricciardo on Vettel a close second

Best Moment: The start

DRS + Tyres: decent

 

7/10. 

[TomNokoe]

Best Driver: Lewis, Bottas, Ric, Perez
Worst Driver: Chilton
Best Team: Merc
Best Overtake: Lewis on Massa, Ricciardo on Seb
Best Moment: Nico choking
DRS + Tyres: Alright
And the race in a sentence: The comeback begins

7/10

[Disgrace]

Very action-packed, so overall very good. Some gripes though: too many DRS passes meant moves were often complete before turn one. Also, a Rosberg error meant that we didn't see the Mercedes fighting on circuit for the win for the second race in a row.

[bub]

Best Driver:  Perez. Bottas, Ricciardo and Hamilton were also great.
Worst Driver:  Gutierrez
Best Team:  Mercedes
Best Overtake:  Perez re-passing Button for the final time. Ricciardo's moves on Perez and Vettel were also good as was Hamilton on Massa.
Best Moment:  Hamilton retaking the lead and Button/Perez battle.
DRS + Tyres:  Fine

And the race in a sentence: Just very enjoyable. 9/10

Edited by bub, 07 September 2014 - 14:29.

[HeadFirst]

Best Driver: Ricciardo  
Worst Driver: Gutierez  
Best Team: Mercedes  
Best Overtake: Ricciardo (there was more than one)  
Best Moment: No "Liuzzanity" at the first chicane.  
DRS + Tyres:

And the race in a sentence: Aside from Hamilton's pass of Massa  not much to like out front, but good racing off the podium.

[MeatPopsicle]

Best Driver: Ricciardo
Worst Driver: Gutiérrez
Best Team: Mercedes
Best Overtake: 
Best Moment: Button around the outside of Lesmo 1, awesome even if it didn't get the place!
DRS + Tyres: DRS about spot on, and it was nice seeing a 1 stopper for a change

And the race in a sentence: Nice comebacks from Hamilton, Bottas and Ricciardo!

[Imateria]

Best Driver: Hamilton
Worst Driver: Guitierrez
Best Team: Williams
Best Overtake: Ricciardo on Perez
DRS + Tyres: Good

And the race in a sentence: Very entertaining, one of the best of the year.

[HoldenRT]

6

 

A bit average but one stop races are like that sometimes.

 

Some nice fighting and overtaking though.  It's a great track, great to watch it over one lap, a bit like Imola but doesn't always produce good races.

[Viceroy]

Best Driver: Perez
Worst Driver: Gutierrez
Best Team: Williams
Best Overtake: Ricciardo on Vettel
Best Moment: Kvyat´s artistic recovery after outbreaking himself before the first chicane.
DRS + Tyres: DRS good, tyre choice too consevative

And the race in a sentence: Better than expected, but please give dignity back to Parabolica.

 

7/10

Edited by Viceroy, 07 September 2014 - 17:32.

[Longtimefan]

Best Driver:  Daniel Ricciardo
Worst Driver: Gutierrez
Best Team: None really.
Best Overtake:Ricciardo on Vettel
Best Moment: Chequered Flag.
DRS + Tyres: Tyres ok, DRS making 'cheap' passing again

And the race in a sentence: Very boring race overall with a few interesting moment..  5/10 at the most. 

 

I can't for the life of me figure out how some rate it 10/10..  I guess I was watching a totally different race.

[d246]

Best Driver:  Daniel Ricciardo
Worst Driver: Gutierrez
Best Team: None really.
Best Overtake:Ricciardo on Vettel
Best Moment: Chequered Flag.
DRS + Tyres: Tyres ok, DRS making 'cheap' passing again

And the race in a sentence: Very boring race overall with a few interesting moment..  5/10 at the most. 

 

I can't for the life of me figure out how some rate it 10/10..  I guess I was watching a totally different race.

You'll be a Ferrari fan then....

[Max!]

Best Driver:  Massa for the room he gave Hamilton in the corner
Worst Driver: Chilton
Best Team:  Williams
Best Overtake: Hamilton on Massa because both showed they had learned their lessons
Best Moment:  Perez battling with Button
DRS + Tyres: irrelevant question

And the race in a sentence: Unexpected changes in the lead, but most of all unexpected places to overtake.

 

7/10 

[Afterburner]

The banner waving in the crowd during the podium at the end summed it up for me:

RACE CONTROL
FIA under investigation
Lack of sound

[scheivlak]

Best Driver: Hamilton and Ricciardo
Worst Driver: Chilton or Gutierrez
Best Team: Mercedes
Best Overtake: Ricciardo's dummies
Best Moment: Perez/Button action, and seeing Hamilton, Bottas and Ricciardo all clawing back after their botched starts
DRS + Tyres: DRS OK, tyre choice maybe too conservative (but then, they're Pirellis)

And the race in a sentence: Could be better up front, but the action right behind the top three was excellent all throughout the race

 

7/10

Edited by scheivlak, 07 September 2014 - 19:58.

[Jamiednm]

Rating: 8/10

Best Driver: Hamilton for demonstrating his talent in recovering from 4th to easily win against a fast Williams and his WDC-rival teammate. Honourable mention to Ricciardo for the entertainment, but his race took place in the midfield, not at the very front.
Worst Driver: Magnussen.
Best Team: Mercedes.
Best Overtake: Perez on Button - or was it Button on Perez? Anyway - that half lap battle that looked like it would end in a crash!
Best Moment: Rosberg bottling it, closely followed by the Perez/Button battles.
DRS + Tyres: Spot on.

And the race in a sentence: So good to see a straight fight between the Mercs for a change, with Lewis dominating to set up a potentially classic climax to the season.

[Jamiednm]

Best Driver:  Daniel Ricciardo
Worst Driver: Gutierrez
Best Team: None really.
Best Overtake:Ricciardo on Vettel
Best Moment: Chequered Flag.
DRS + Tyres: Tyres ok, DRS making 'cheap' passing again

And the race in a sentence: Very boring race overall with a few interesting moment..  5/10 at the most. 

 

I can't for the life of me figure out how some rate it 10/10..  I guess I was watching a totally different race.

 

You clearly were watching a different race. Mercedes got a 1-2, yet you don't give them best team? Best overtake is Ricciardo on Vettel, even though Vettels tyres were very old, and DR had much better overtakes, along with Massa, Perez, Button and Hamilton displaying more impressive and important passes??

[Massa_f1]

Riccardo was the driver of the race. Not sure why people gave today 10/10.

 

 

5/10 at best Rosberg drove a shocking race. He wont be leading the championship for much longer.

 

Happy to see Massa back on the podium.

Edited by Massa_f1, 07 September 2014 - 20:09.

[P0inters]

Best Driver: Bottas
Worst Driver: Guttierez

Best Team: Merc

Best Overtake: Alonso aroung the outside of Perez on the first lesmo. Button and Perez a close second.
Best Moment: Kvyat's awesome reactions and car control when his brakes went.
DRS + Tyres: Perfect

 

Rated it 7/10 but I was going to give it a 6. It could have been better had Rosberg not made that mistake.

[P123]

Best Driver: Ricciardo/ Hamilton
Worst Driver: Guti out of his depth
Best Team: Merc
Best Overtake: All of Ricciardo's
Best Moment: As much as I'd like to say Rosberg's styrofoam block slaloms those robbed us of a race for the lead, so I'll go for Ricciardo's late race charge.
DRS + Tyres: DRS allowing passes before braking zones is never good, and we saw a fair few of those moves. The tyres were too hard but did allow drivers to push.

Race 7.5/10- some great battles- Hamilton recovering, Bottas recovering, Ricciardo charging and JB V Perez for what seemed like half the race.

[FenderJaguar]

8/10

Best race for a long time at Monza and it seems the teams are getting more comfortable with this years regulations. I almost stopped watching.

Ricciardo had some really great overtakes and some good fighting and racing throughout the field.

[Lotus53B]

Best Driver: Ricciardo
Worst Driver: Guttierez
Best Team: Williams.  Definitely a resurgence for them
Best Overtake: Ricciardo on Vettel or the Button/Perez nailbiter.
Best Moment: I have to go for the schadenfreude of Nico's detour.
DRS + Tyres:  The tyres lasted well , and the lack of pit-stops gave us quite a lot of on-track action

And the race in a sentence:  A highly enjoyable Sunday afternoon.