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[ANF]

Go ahead. No cheating, only rating.

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

[RedBaron]

5/10

 

Best Driver Performance: HAM (GRO, ALO and RAI were also impressive)
Worst Driver Performance: MAL / SAINZ 
Best Team Performance: MERC (By default no one else stood out)

Worst Team Performance: Williams, so disappointing. Or maybe Toro Rosso.
Best Overtake: Max on Ericsson
Best Moment: Meh
DRS: Meh
Tyres:  Meh

 

Would have got more but for me they ruined the big finish with a poor SC decision (VSC should have been used...) and bad planning (No trolley to get cars very quickly in/out of those tight gates).

 

It was like I had to pull out and jump in a cold shower before I even got to finish.

Edited by RedBaron, 12 April 2015 - 10:58.

[rammsteinfan]

Best Driver Performance: Max Verstappen
Worst Driver Performance: Sainz
Best Team Performance: Mercedes
Best Overtake: Max Verstappen on Ericson
Best Moment: None
DRS: No opinion
Tyres: A bit too conservative
And the race in a sentence... Boring. And the idiots of Renault must up there game

[kimster89]

Best Driver Performance: Max Verstappen
Worst Driver Performance: Sainz
Best Team Performance: Mercedes
Best Overtake: Kimi on Bottas and Massa, lap 1
Best Moment: Marshalls attempts to get rid of the torro rosso
DRS: No effect on the race whatsoever
Tyres: Waay to durable
And the race in a sentence... Boring as hell. I gave it 5 and im generous.

[276159]

Best Driver Performance: Max Verstappen

Worst Driver Performance: Rosberg
Best Team Performance: Couldn't get any, so choose Mercedes because of the 1-2
Best Overtake: Max on Ericson
Best Moment: Button doing a Maldonado on Maldonado
DRS: No opinion
Tyres: Meh....should have chosen softer to get more action.
And the race in a sentence...Boring, specially when we see teams ending the race in order with gaps of +15 sec (M-F-W)

[Hamandeggs]

Best Driver Performance: Hamilton

Worst driver performance:Rosberg (must try harder)

Best team performance:Ferrari for hanging in there on lesser conditions for them

Best Overtake:Kimi on Massa and Bottas

Best Moment:Nico`s whining + Lewis`s 2 hammer laps

Drs:N/A negligible fortunately

Tyres:OK

Race:An improvement

[redraven9]

Best Driver Performance: Some great drives today but no one exceptional - Alonso, Hamilton, Grosjean, Max Verstappen, Massa
Worst Driver Performance: Maldonado
Best Team Performance: Mercedes
Best Overtake: Verstappen on Perez
Best Moment: Button vs Maldonado battle

And the race in a sentence...
Not bad race, forgettable.

Edited by redraven9, 12 April 2015 - 11:03.

[ConsiderAndGo]

6/10

 

Best Driver Performance: Max Verstappen
Worst Driver Performance: Pastor Bake 

Best Team Performance: Mercedes
Best Overtake: Kimi on Bottas and Massa, lap 1
Best Moment: Lewis being asked to speed up because of Rosbergs whining and then absolutely blowing him into oblivion. 
DRS: There was DRS?
Tyres: Conservative and didn't offer much,
And the race in a sentence... Very very dull.

Edited by ConsiderAndGo, 12 April 2015 - 11:34.

[Seanspeed]

8/10

The race at the front wasn't very interesting, but I thought the battles behind the Williams kept me entertained pretty much the whole way through.

[Zesus]

Best Driver Performance: Verstappen, Hamilton
Worst Driver Performance: Sainz
Best Team Performance: Mercedes
Best Overtake: Kimi on Bottas and Massa
Best Moment: "Get that McLaren out of the way"

Average race...hopefully we'll see better.

[Kristian]

4. I fell asleep, but it had a couple of decent battles. At the front nothing was ever in doubt. 

[GoldenColt]

5/10

 

Best Driver Performance: Hamilton
Worst Driver Performance: Maldonado
Best Team Performance: Mercedes
Best Overtake: Kimi on Massa and Bottas
Best Moment: Nico whining about Lewis being too slow, with Lewis then driving off into the distance
DRS:
Tyres:
And the race in a sentence... average race, hopefully Bahrain will provide more fun

[LeClerc]

I fell asleep. That says it all 

[P123]

Best Driver Performance: Hamilton
Worst Driver Performance: After his numerous attampts to overtake the Sauber and his duff start that belonged to Danny Ric, but Pastor snatched it in the end, even if mainly blameless with his final spin
Best Team Performance: Mercedes
Best Overtake: Verstappen on Ericsson
Best Moment: A McLaren actually being able to fight with another car.
DRS: Not too visible= good.
Tyres: Time for Mercedes to do a Red Bull and moan that the tyres are holding them back....
And the race in a sentence... some intrigue at the front early on, but plenty of battles through the field for those who stayed awake and engines blowing up (a thing of the past it seemed!) 7/10

[Emilvang]

Best Driver Performance: Hamilton, 100 % in control. Verstappen also very good.
Worst Driver Performance: Sainz and Maldo
Best Team Performance: Mercedes, obviously.
Best Overtake: Kimi on the Williams'
Best Moment: I liked the Maldo/McLaren battle. That and the stewards struggling to get the car into the pitlane.
DRS: meh
Tyres:
And the race in a sentence... Rosberg is pretty damn whiny.

[ForzaGTR]

Best Driver Performance: Hamilton, just had the perfect race weekend.
Worst Driver Performance: Sainz
Best Team Performance: Mercedes
Best Overtake: Max Verstappen on Ericson
Best Moment: Jenson Vs Maldo
DRS: No opinion
Tyres: Too conservative
And the race in a sentence... Merc prove they have the best car again.

[Crossmax]

4/10

 

Best Driver Performance: Max Verstappen
Worst Driver Performance: Pastor Maldonado
Best Team Performance: Well, seems as if Mercedes, Ferrari and Williams all got the maximum out of their package, so really all of them.
Best Overtake: One of Verstappen's into turn 4.
Best Moment: Kimi's aggressive start.
DRS: fine
Tyres: no opinion
And the race in a sentence... Not that great.

Edited by Crossmax, 12 April 2015 - 12:37.

[scheivlak]

6/10

 

Best Driver Performance: Hamilton, Verstappen

Worst Driver Performance: Sainz, Maldonado
Best Team Performance: Manor
Best Overtake: Kimi on Bottas / Verstappen on Perez
Best Moment: Verstappen's passes, overcoming his power deficit
DRS: OK
Tyres: not too bad
And the race in a sentence... Not much happening at the front, but quite a few nice midfield battles

Edited by scheivlak, 12 April 2015 - 14:42.

[Raikkonen94]

6/10

 

Best Driver Performance: Max Verstappen
Worst Driver Performance: Pastor Maldonado
Best Team Performance: Mercedes
Best Overtake: Can't really choose, all overtakes by Max were brilliant.
Best Moment: Kimi having a good agressive start and making up for his bad qualifying
DRS: Fine
Tyres: Too conservative
And the race in a sentence... Not very interesting, very few battles but I really enjoyed Verstappen's performance.

[kimister]

It was boring. Gave 3.

[Morbus]

3/10. Thank god I didn't get up early on a Sunday to watch this crap.

[dweller23]

 3/10

 

Best Driver Performance: Hamilton
Worst Driver Performance: Button
Best Team Performance: Mercedes
Best Overtake: Verstappen had two good ones
Best Moment: hard to find any good moment, people saying that driver's radio convos were best moments proves that race was a disaster
DRS: No effect for 2015 cars
Tyres: There was some hype about differences, but it turned out non-factor
And the race in a sentence... Before Australia 2015 I never asleep during live GP; today was the second time it happened to me, I slept over laps 32-42 period, Croft woke me up screaming about Maldonado/Button collision.

Edited by dweller23, 12 April 2015 - 13:09.

[Blutto]

4/10. Halfway through the race, I was hoping some fan would run across the track again.

[Cyanide]

Best Driver: Verstappen. Kid pulled a lot of great moves. 
Worst Driver: Maldonado. I wonder how many walls must be breached, gravel traps penetrated and cars destroyed until they realize he belongs in destruction derby or simply GP2
Best Team: Mercedes - they covered Ferrari and didn't do any strategic hiccups
Best Overtake: Kimi on Bottas 
Best Moment: "Tell Lewis to speed up" 

 

Plenty of action but somehow still boring. I'd give it a 6/10

[ANF]

 Before Australia 2015 I never asleep during live GP; today was the second time it happened to me, I slept over laps 32-42 period, Croft woke me up screaming about Maldonado/Button collision.

Maybe you should go see a doctor?

[Geizterfahrer]

6/10 - Wasn't that special, but I've seen worse

 

Best Driver Performance: Hamilton - He controlled it from the start to the finish.

Worst Driver Performance: Maldonado - Spinning out and missing the braking point in the pit entry 

Best Team Performance: Mercedes

Best Overtake: Verstappen on Ericson - Could have ended in a crash, but it was spectacular.

Best Moment: Chinese marshalls repeatedly pushing Verstappen's car into the pit wall 

DRS: Well... It opened and closed a lot, so I think it worked as intended?!

Tyres: Almost perfect (primes were a bit too long-living). I like two stop races.

And the race in a sentence... Pretty average with some interesting moments.

[Kelateboy]

A borefest!

[MensRea]

Best Driver: Have to say Verstappen although Hamilton was flawless throughout the weekend and is just as deserving , but Max is so exciting to watch at the moment!

Worst Driver: Maldonado....When is PDVSA money going to run out?

Best Team:  Mercedes

Best Overtake: Verstappen on Ericsson....left Marcus shocked for a few seconds

Best Moment: Has to be the Toro Rosso boys having to remove the front wing to rescue some marshals that looked more stranded than their own car....

DRS: sensible enough

Tyres: not many thought the soft would hold so well , even some drivers seemed surprised , so a good choice for a 2 stop race. Maybe mediums were a bit too hard for this track but that's what we have.

 

6/10 for me , thanks to midfield battles , the performance gap between the first 3 teams made it a bit dull at the front save for the middle stint.

[Jon83]

Best Driver Performance:  Verstappen
Worst Driver Performance: I was going to say Maldonado but I need to check how much of his trouble was brake-related. If not him then Button. 
Best Team Performance: Mercedes
Best Overtake: Ricciardo on Ericsson 
Best Moment: Ricciardo V Ericsson
DRS: Really dislike it
Tyres: Too much of today was about tyre management
And the race in a sentence... Renault - what a let down of an engine you have produced. 

Edited by Jon83, 12 April 2015 - 14:31.

[Massa_f1]

5/10

 

The race at the front was well boring, and I am not just talking about the podium places. the top 7 was boring no battles!

 

Max provided a little entertainment with his superb overtaking, as did Ricciardo with his overtakes/failed overtakes.

Edited by Massa_f1, 12 April 2015 - 14:30.

[pizzalover]

Fell asleep.

[maximilian]

Boring race.  I kept dozing off... it's a pity when the best fight on the track is over 14th place    The only interesting development at the front - Raikkonen possibly catching Vettel at the end - was ruined by the Safety Car.  I'm sorry I stayed up.  Entirely predictable and dull result.

[JosD]

Best Driver Performance: Verstappen
Worst Driver Performance: Maldonado, pit entry incident and his spin (not the clash with Button)
Best Team Performance: Mercedes
Best Overtake: Verstappen on Perez
Best Moment: Button battling with Maldonado, although it was the marshals trying to get the TR off the track was a funny sight as well
DRS: Thank god that it is there, otherwise the Renault-powered cars would be in an even worse situation
Tyres: Some more wear could have made it more interesting
And the race in a sentence: Boring, but luckily in the midfield and back there was some nice fighting going on

 

6/10

[Claudius]

6/10 It was ok, I've seen much worse

 

Best driver - Lewis/Max both were pretty much flawless today

Worst Driver- Pastor

Worst Driver after the race - Nico with his antics reached a new low

Best overtake - Max on Chico

[Nonesuch]

Rated it 6/10. Not a classic by any means, but I was quite entertained.

 

Best Driver Performance: Several people had solid races, but I might as well give the nod to Räikkönen for his decisive first lap and solid race.
Worst Driver Performance: Button driving into Maldonado was rather silly.

Best Team Performance: Mercedes, once more in control.
Best Overtake: Verstappen had a few nice moves, I don't have a clear favourite.
Best Moment: Räikkönen getting by both Williams cars. There were some other decent battles in that first part of Sector 2 later on as well.
DRS: No thanks.
Tyres: I don't know - at least they weren't falling apart.
And the race in a sentence: Fairly standard F1 race with a clear favourite who ended up winning; it was also in the People's Republic of China, which one might be forgiven for not noticing.

Edited by Nonesuch, 12 April 2015 - 15:04.

[HeadFirst]

Best Driver Performance: Kimi - great start, several good passes
Worst Driver Performance: no one stands out (not even Maldonando)
Best Team Performance: Mercedes
Best Overtake: Kimi, on the 2 Williams
Best Moment: The McLarens attempting to race, and finishing too! Baby steps, but steps none-the-less.
DRS:
Tyres:
And the race in a sentence... As usual ... some good dices in the pack, boring up front.

[cpbell]

7/10 - good race, in particular impressive overtakes from Verstappen and Grosjean.

Best driver:  Can't see past Verstappen - beautifully-judged overtakes into turns 6 and 14, and was maintaining 8th place until the car failed.

Worst driver:  Was going to be Maldonado for his mistakes, but would be unfair after Jenson uncharacteristically clattered into him.  I'm going to vote for Rosberg for being such a moaner after the race.  Surely, if your team-mate is holding you up, you at least make an attempt at getting closer to and overtaking him?

Best team performance:  Ferrari, for keeping Mercedes honest throughout.

Best overtake:  Verstappen on Ericsson - he caught Ericsson napping and didn't miss his braking point despite launching the move from a fair way behind.  Honourable mention to Grosjean for his manoeuvre at turn 1 (can't recall who he passed, but it was well-executed).

Best moment:  Marshals for their attempt to demolish Verstappen's car against the end of the pitwall opening.

DRS: Seemed a bit ineffectual on full tanks, but came into the equation from around the mid-point onwards.

Tyres: Unobtrusive, but plenty of marbles down the back straight.

Race in a sentence:  Verstappen came of age, and the Mercedes in-house arguments resumed from last year.

Edited by cpbell, 12 April 2015 - 16:49.

[tmekt]

Best Driver Performance: Verstappen
Worst Driver Performance: Maldonado, unless the two embarrassing moments (in the pit entry and somewhere in S2) were caused by some sort of car problem
Best Team Performance: Merc, I guess
Worst Team Performance: Renault
Best Overtake: Verstappen on Ericsson, Kimi on Bottas
Best Moment: Verstappen's car not wanting to enter pits
DRS: worked pretty good I think as there weren't that many highway passes I can recall
Tyres: okay
And the race in a sentence...a triumph of dullness

5/10, a classic F1 race - boring with a slight promise of something possibly happening but never actually materializing.

Edited by tmekt, 12 April 2015 - 16:26.

[RealRacing]

Worst moment: Realizing that Ferrari, or anyone, still have nothing to seriously threaten Mercedes. The low this caused after the Malaysia high.

[P123]

Worst moment: Realizing that Ferrari, or anyone, still have nothing to seriously threaten Mercedes. The low this caused after the Malaysia high.

Oh, I thought it would have been realising nobody except Mercedes has anything to seriously threaten Ferrari...

[FenderJaguar]

6/10 because Mercedes are still ahead, but there were some good racing in the midfield

 

Best Driver Performance: Vettel and Kimi
Worst Driver Performance: Maldonado, but also Button running into him and Rosberg crying to the media
Best Team Performance: Ferrari
Best Overtake: Kimi's start
Best Moment: Maldonado losing the car on his way to the pits
And the race in a sentence: the sooner teams start to beat Mercedes the better

[superden]

6/10, because I nodded off for about 5 laps.

Best Driver Performance: Raikkonen
Worst Driver Performance: Rosberg, on and off track
Best Team Performance: Ferrari
Best Overtake: Raikkonen, lap 1
Best Moment: Chuckle Brothers marshals
And the race in a sentence: China, still meh

[The Kanisteri]

Best Driver Performance: Lewis Hamilton. Total control in race
Worst Driver Performance: Fernando Alonso. Though you think you are best driver on the world, if you drive as backmarker you should obey blue flags.
Best Team Performance: Mercedes
Best Overtake: Can't call one, but Max Verstappen was impressive.
Best Moment: Good race, but there was no special moments
DRS: -
Tyres: Round and black, what do you expect?

 

And the race in a sentence...

Dull race for most of audience, but it was reasonable good Grand Prix

 

8

[Exb]

Worst Driver Performance: Fernando Alonso. Though you think you are best driver on the world, if you drive as backmarker you should obey blue flags.

 
Did you hear Fernando's radio comment about the blue flags he was being shown to let Kimi past? They have radio clips of the F1 site (only if you have paid your fees mind)http://www.formula1....#livecommentary

Lap 43
Fernando: Raikkonen is not catching up so I cannot slow
Engineer: Understood Fernando, we can see Raikkonen is not catching up.


Best Driver Performance: Lewis - in full control at all times. He was toying with the others for fun. Special mention to Max as well, another great performance.
Worst Driver Performance: Maldonado ruined what was a good race with some silly errors. Also Daniel had a pretty scruffy race, I kind of expect more from him.
Best Team Performance: Mercedes
Best Overtake: Kimi passing Bottas at the start was good. Max kept me entertained with some brave moves. Impressive but risky, paid off for this race.
Best Moment: Jenson fighting with Maldonado. Once again the McLaren had no right to stay ahead of a quicker car for so long - some great defensive driving by Jenson (until he ruined it at the end by colliding with him ) Pity about the collision as Fernando was just about to join in the fight which could have been great!
DRS: Allowed the Renault cars to not lose too much on the straights when they were in DRS range whilst trying to overtake
Tyres: OK
And the race in a sentence... Not very exciting at the front although Ferrari were close enough in the first 2 stints to keep Mercedes honest but some great fights and racing further back which was more than enough to keep me entertained all race. 7!