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[Marklar]

Please rate the race objectively and not based on your favourite drivers result!

 

Best Driver:
Worst Driver:
Best Team:
Best Overtake:
Best Moment:
DRS + Tyres:

And the race in a sentence:

[Atreiu]

6, boring, poor coverage, Hamilton thumped the field as if Singapore never happened.

[Vesuvius]

7

Best Driver: Lewis Hamilton
Worst Driver: Daniil Kvyat
Best Team: Mercedes
Best Overtake: Rosberg on Bottas
Best Moment:Start
DRS + Tyres: tyres are too hard, one DRS is ok.
And the race in a sentence: quite boring, not much action. I gave 7 because I like the track.

Edited by Vesuvius, 27 September 2015 - 06:50.

[djonas79]

Best: Nobody really...

 

Worst: Kvyat, but Perez and Massa were poor as well. So was Sainz.

 

A very poor race. 1/10

[Bloggsworth]

Oh! Has it finished? Sorry, I fell asleep...

[ClubmanGT]

A 7? Are you high? A '5' is a 'barely passable'. 

 

I'd give it a 3. We lost any chance of an actual contest with Hamilton going offline to run Rosberg off the track at turn two, we didn't get an onboard of it at all, the coverage was politicised beyond belief and there's almost no point in watching anymore because we're not going to see a straight fight between the two people in cars that can actually race each other. 

[Hans V]

5
However, hard to say as I rarely saw anything else than the fight for 12th.

Best Driver: Lewis Hamilton
Worst Driver: Don't know, but very disappointed in the Williams-drivers' lack of racecraft.
Best Team: Mercedes
Best Overtake: Ham on Ros.
Best Moment: Kai Ebel apparing on stage (he's the F1 village idiot, but I love his total lack of dress sense).
DRS + Tyres: I hate DRS.
And the race in a sentence: I didn't quite pay attention as I found Chris Nixons book "Racing the Silver Arrows" far more interesting.

Edited by Hans V, 27 September 2015 - 07:08.

[Seanspeed]

6/10

Not terribly thrilling, but some interesting bits in there as usual. I guess I enjoy F1 enough to where I can appreciate those other minor fights.

[fZero]

2/10

 

Best Driver: Hamilton
Worst Driver: Ericsson
Best Team: Mercs
Best Overtake: Hamilton on Rosberg
Best Moment: Alonso making fun of his PoS McLaren
DRS + Tyres: Awful as always

And the race in a sentence: I fell asleep about 3 times i think. F1 is in a sad sad state. Fast drivers puttering around in slow unreliable cars.

Edited by fZero, 27 September 2015 - 07:24.

[TomNokoe]

4/10

Wasn't awful but by 75% distance it became a bore.

[Nonesuch]

Rated it 5/10. It was an average race with no exciting contest for the top spots but enough action further down to make it interesting.

Best Driver: Nobody really stood out and everybody finished more or less where I'd expect them to (Pérez and Massa being the exception - for obvious reasons).
Worst Driver: Rosberg. What happened after Spa-Francorchamps 2014? Since then his 'battles' with Hamilton are almost embarrassing.
Best Team: Mercedes, obviously. I was tempted to mention Ferrari for their stunningly fast pitstops, but it's doing the stop at the right time is more important.
Best Overtake: Nothing really comes to mind. I thought Pérez overtaking Ericsson might be my pick, but it turned out to be relatively easy.
Best Moment: Alonso's lengthy defense against the Red Bull Federation was a good watch because of the different strengths of the cars.
DRS + Tyres: DRS into Turn One has ruined a once iconic corner. The drivers apparently had a lot of complaints about the tyre pressures, but at least they weren't falling apart.
And the race in a sentence: I hope the Japanese fans had a good time; they deserve it. What a great crowd.

Edited by Nonesuch, 27 September 2015 - 07:07.

[Heisenberg]

Best Driver: Lewis Hamilton.
Worst Driver: Marcus Erricson.
Best Team: Mercedes.
Best Overtake: Rosberg on Bottas (but in all honesty, none of the few overtakes stood out...)
Best Moment: Alonso's team radio.
DRS + Tyres: DRS - I've got nothing. Tyres - bring back the tyres that allow the driver to push the car to the limit, enough of this conservation bull!
And the race in a sentence: One of the best race tracks, great crowd too, but the race was totally boring, no fight at the front, not even a bit further down the field, with few exceptions. 

 

I gave it a 4/10. Imagine having battles for 1st like in MotoGP someday... it would be a blessing for F1! One can always dream...

Edited by Heisenberg, 27 September 2015 - 07:16.

[Marklar]

Imagine having battles for 1st like in MotoGP someday... it would be a blessing for F1! One can always dream...

Fortunately we have later an MotoGP race up, will save my day

[KTownDevil]

Standard borefest 4/10

 

Coffee and the chat helped not falling back asleep again.

 

Best Driver: Hamilton/Vettel

Worst Driver: Ericsson

Best Team: Mercedes

Best Overtake: VES on SAI

Best Moment: GP2 engine on track!

DRS + Tyres: -

[Crossmax]

2/10

 

Best Driver: Lewis Hamilton
Worst Driver: Marcus Ericsson
Best Team: Mercedes
Best Overtake: Kvyat on Ericsson
Best Moment: Alonso team radio
DRS + Tyres: whatever

And the race in a sentence: whatever

[ConsiderAndGo]

2/10

 

Best Driver: Hamilton

Worst Driver: Ericsson
Best Team: Mercs / Ferrari (Purely for their insane, consistent pitstops)
Best Overtake: Rosberg on Bottas
Best Moment: Alonso rant - Gave us something to talk about.
DRS + Tyres: Kinda worked, I guess.

And the race in a sentence: Just......dreadful.

[Seanspeed]

Imagine having battles for 1st like in MotoGP someday... it would be a blessing for F1! One can always dream...

MotoGP can be exceptionally boring and processional at times, too.

[Marklar]

MotoGP can be exceptionally boring and processional at times, too.

It happens sometimes that after good 7-8 opening laps that it is fallen into procession, but usually it is going until the last few laps and sometimes even in the last turn.

[Hamandeggs]

Best Driver.      Hamilton / Alonso for finishing. 11th in a GP2 car

Worst Driver.   NICO ,total plum

Best team.      mercedes

Best overtake Lewis sticking it on rosberg

Best moment Alonso saying it as we saw it

DRS.  get rid of it

Race comment....... bring on Cota

Edited by Hamandeggs, 27 September 2015 - 07:47.

[Tourgott]

I would give it a 0/10 if it would be possible.

That was painful.

[SealTheDiffuser]

I would give it a 0/10 if it would be possible.

That was painful.

 

still watching?

on early sunday morning...?

 

I give it a 4/10

Best Driver: HUL
Worst Driver: RIC
Best Team: FER
Best Overtake: ******
Best Moment: realising that Bernie is really that stupid
DRS + Tyres: ok

And the race in a sentence: HAM the man. ROS not the Bo$$.

Edited by SealTheDiffuser, 27 September 2015 - 07:53.

[Nigol]

Best driver, from what I've seen (hint: Mercedes):
Verstappen for sure. He never raced here, and he was using awesome lines, great precision. Impressed.

[Kobasmashi]

Best Driver: Lewis Hamilton
Worst Driver: No-one really had a standout bad day IMO
Best Team: Mercedes, Lotus also maximised their package nicely
Best Overtake: Rosberg on Bottas
Best Moment: Hamilton vs Rosberg at the start
DRS + Tyres: About right

And the race in a sentence: Normality restored.

 

I gave it a 6/10 but that's maybe generous.

Edited by Kobasmashi, 27 September 2015 - 07:55.

[ANF]

The race might have been a 7/10, but the coverage made it look like a 4/10. There was allegedly a fairly close battle for the podium positions, a battle that involved a car that suffered from an engine problem and that must have been fought through a whole lot of traffic? Well, Bernie TV didn't want people to look at that, so all I can say is thank you very much for wasting my time on an early Sunday morning.

[scheivlak]

Best Driver: Lewis Hamilton
Worst Driver: Will Stevens, for spinning @ 130R
Best Team: Lotus
Best Overtake: three really good ones - I liked Max's pass on Alonso most, followed by Nico's on Bottas and Max's on Sainz

Best Moment: see above
DRS + Tyres: DRS not too bad this time, tyres still Pirelli

And the race in a sentence: It's a good thing that Verstappen always produces entertainment.

 

A mild 6.

[Disgrace]

It was pretty dreadful stuff, and I missed the first hour. F1 is facing an existential crisis in the next few years and Bernie's key priority is to politicise the coverage. Just pathetic.

[Seanspeed]

It happens sometimes that after good 7-8 opening laps that it is fallen into procession, but usually it is going until the last few laps and sometimes even in the last turn.

Lately, this has been the case. Marquez not being on the best bike helps a lot.

But that is not how MotoGP 'usually' is, looking over the years rather than just this season.

[Marklar]

Lately, this has been the case. Marquez not being on the best bike helps a lot.

But that is not how MotoGP 'usually' is, looking over the years rather than just this season.

True, this season is exceptional good. But also last year we had many great races even on the top, just that MM always won.

 

However that is offtopic now...

[dreamer]

Best Driver: Hamilton
Worst Driver: Ericsson, Ricciardo, Stevens
Best Team: Mercedes 
Best Overtake: Rosberg vs Bottas
Best Moment: the start
DRS + Tyres: .... 

And the race in a sentence: Boring 4/10

[superdelphinus]

4/10

[SUPRAF1]

Gave it a 5/10.

 

What's funny is that objectively speaking, the race was better than Singapore - it had more overtakes (including for the lead) and much more on track action.

 

But so much of racing depends on external factors like the championship battle or team politics. Actual on-track racing is just one part of what makes a race good and fun to watch.

[motorhead]

Best Driver: ---
Worst Driver: Alonso with stupid comments
Best Team: Mercedes
Best Overtake: Ros
Best Moment: Was there
DRS + Tyres:

And the race in a sentence: Boring,

[P123]

Best Driver: Alonso/ Hamilton
Worst Driver: Can't think of any
Best Team: Lotus
Best Overtake: Rosberg on Bottas
Best Moment:
DRS + Tyres: Tyres were round, DRS.... meh, if we have to have it seemed about right, not too powerful

And the race in a sentence: Apart from first lap not a lot happened in the top 10. Coverage of lower battles kept me entertained- 6/10.

[Massa_f1]

2/10. It was a woeful GP

 

2/10 is generous as well. Would of been 1/10 if not for Verstappen. Should of just called it the Verstappen GP.

[Crossmax]

2/10. It was a woeful GP

 

2/10 is generous as well. Would of been 1/10 if not for Verstappen. Should of just called it the Verstappen GP.

Have is the word you want to use.

[Laster]

Best Driver: Verstappen or Hulk, both recovered well from their penalties to earn strong points finishes.
Worst Driver: I guess Kvyat, suffering from a brake issue throughout the race didn't help his cause though.
Best Team: Mercedes, they got the result that their cars should always be getting with it's pace.
Best Overtake: Rosberg on Bottas
Best Moment: Start was fun, but the race went pretty stale afterwards.
DRS + Tyres: Nothing of any interest here as far as I'm concerned.
And the race in a sentence: Dull, and sadly Rosberg isn't showing much fight for this championship.

[bsoares]

Please rate the race objectively and not based on your favourite drivers result!

 

 

Can someone please explain me what has Hamilton done in this race to be considered the best "Driver of the Race" when compared, for example, to Hulkenberg coming from 11th to finish 6th or Verstappen coming from 18th to finish 9th.

[Marklar]

Can someone please explain me what has Hamilton done in this race to be considered the best "Driver of the Race" when compared, for example, to Hulkenberg coming from 11th to finish 6th or Verstappen coming from 18th to finish 9th.

Little correction: Hulkenberg started even just from P13 (he got an penalty) and Verstappen from P17. In Hulkenbergs case you can critzise his start crash with his team mate maybe. In Verstappens case I didnt really saw something negative. Same applies to Hamilton, who couldnt done any better than he did (maybe you can critizise his start move a bit), so I can understand it if people are choosing him as the driver of the race, but for me its an uninspired choice in the end as he barely did something.

Edited by Marklar, 27 September 2015 - 09:42.

[superden]

Best Driver: Hulkenberg
Worst Driver: Ericsson
Best Team: Mercedes
Best Overtake: Rosberg
Best Moment: Alonso's radio comms
DRS + Tyres: Yes, both were there
And the race in a sentence: Hard to say, as the coverage was so sh*t

[Exb]

Best Driver: Verstappen, Alonso
Worst Driver: Sainz (stupid mistake into pit-lane wrecked his race and some-how managed to finish behind his team-mate who started at the back of the grid).
Best Team: Mercedes - Their strategy got them a 1,2.
Best Overtake: Rosberg on Bottas
Best Moment: ummm, the start?
DRS + Tyres:
And the race in a sentence: Thank goodness for Verstappen starting at the back to add some spark to the race.

 

5

[bsoares]

Little correction: Hulkenberg started even just from P13 (he got an penalty) and Verstappen from P17. In Hulkenbergs case you can critzise his start crash with his team mate maybe. In Verstappens case I didnt really saw something negative. Same applies to Hamilton, who couldnt done any better than he did (maybe you can critizise his start move a bit), so I can understand it if people are choosing him as the driver of the race, but for me its an uninspired choice in the end as he barely did something.

 

I am not replying to you in particular, i just quote the first post because it clearly stated: rate objectively.

 

I counted 12/13 posters who had Hamilton as the best driver of the race. Just asked because I (and assume most of us) did not have a chance to see much of Lewis during this weekend. So must have missed some brilliant moments during the race that made it such an unanimous decision.

 

About that comment of yours: "Same applies to Hamilton, who couldnt done any better than he did (maybe you can critizise his start move a bit),", I am sure I can say that about two or three drivers every weekend and none of them are ever rated as best driver of the race. Unfortunately they don't have a Mercedes so they are not given by default at least a podium every single race. For all I know, one of the two Marussia drivers is maximizing the car every single race. Does that deserve a 8, 9 or 10?

 

But this is the problem of this threads: I am sure that if it was Williams or Ferrari dominating, the best drivers of the race would be Vettel/Kimi/Massa or Bottas with one or two exceptions.

Edited by bsoares, 27 September 2015 - 10:07.

[Marklar]

I am not replying to you in particular, i just quote the first post because it clearly stated: rate objectively.
 
I counted 12/13 posters who had Hamilton as the best driver of the race. Just asked because I (and assume most of us) did not have a chance to see much of Lewis during this weekend. So must have missed some brilliant moments during the race that made it such an unanimous decision.
 
About that comment of yours: "Same applies to Hamilton, who couldnt done any better than he did (maybe you can critizise his start move a bit),", I am sure I can say that about two or three drivers every weekend and none of them are ever rated as best driver of the race. Unfortunately they don't have a Mercedes so they are not given by default at least a podium every single race. For all I know, one of the two Marussia drivers is maximizing the car every single race. Does that deserve a 8, 9 or 10?
 
But this is the problem of this threads: I am sure that if it was Williams or Ferrari dominating, the best drivers of the race would be Vettel/Kimi/Massa or Bottas with one or two exceptions.

Yep, cant disagree with that. Its what I'm also thinking, but thats how it is.

[DS27]

Have the people scoring it a 10 forgotten to take their medication again?

[Kao18]

Best driver, from what I've seen (hint: Mercedes):
Verstappen for sure. He never raced here, and he was using awesome lines, great precision. Impressed.

 

Agree completely. I guess the amount of coverage het gets during races says it all. Drove a great race once more.

 

But I guess it has become that normal already that a lot of people don't even think he''s worth mentioning anymore.

[zanquis]

Agree completely. I guess the amount of coverage het gets during races says it all. Drove a great race once more.

But I guess it has become that normal already that a lot of people don't even think he''s worth mentioning anymore.

Well it is simple, Mercedes rarely gives any action, Verstappen is almost always action. Force India is often good for action too. Besides that Maldonado is either fast or doing something stupid so often is a good one to watch.

[Jon83]

Best Driver: Hamilton but a mention for Hulk, Verstappen and both McLaren drivers. Kvyat also. 
Worst Driver: Sainz for the mistake at the pit entry. 
Best Team: Mercedes.
Best Overtake: Rosberg on Bottas.
Best Moment: Alonso's radio messages. 
DRS + Tyres: Ok

And the race in a sentence: Gave it a 4/10. The track is nice but I seldom really enjoy watching races here. Brilliant fans as always though. 

[BT44/45]

3/10

 

special mention for the lotus boys. top job in difficult times.

[Mat13]

Best Driver: Hamilton

Worst Driver: Possibly Raikkonen?

Best Team: Mercedes

Best Overtake: Hamilton on Rosberg.

Best Moment: 'GP2 engine, GP2! Bah!'

DRS + Tyres: Black, round, flappy.

And the race in a sentence: Started promisingly, fairly boring second half- McLaren looked even more **** than usual. 5/10

[Afterburner]

That was a 7 for me, actually. Felt like I was actually watching these guys race for a change. Verstappen attempting something through the 130R was awesome. Suzuka doesn't usually disappoint.

[Crossmax]

Worst Driver: Possibly Raikkonen?

How the hell did you arrive at that?