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Rate the 2021 Mexican Grand Prix
#1
Posted 07 November 2021 - 21:06
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#2
Posted 07 November 2021 - 21:13
Worst driver - nobody really stood out, but basically everyone who got caught up at T1 went nowhere.
Best team - Red Bull, they looked quietly confident even after the Q3 disappointment, now we know why. Easy.
Worst team - McLaren chose a bad weekend to do absolutely nothing as Ferrari pulled ahead.
Best overtake - Kimi and Alonso both going round the outside, good day for the 40+ brigade.
Worst overtake - Perez on Hamilton because it blatantly wasn’t going to happen.
Best moment - the post-race atmosphere
Worst moment - the race.
The race in a sentence - great atmosphere, tedious race 3/10 Any crowd that can celebrate their driver coming home a distant third like they’ve won the World Cup deserve credit.
Edited by messy, 07 November 2021 - 21:23.
#3
Posted 07 November 2021 - 21:17
Best driver: Verstappen
Worst driver: Bottas
Best team: Red Bull
Worst team: McLaren
Best overtake: Alonso on Russell
Worst overtake: None
Best moment: Perez under 1s of Hamilton
Worst moment: The start
And the race in a sentence: the atmosphere is great here but the circuit seems to be as bad as Barcelona in terms of racing (4/10)
Edited by engineblock1, 07 November 2021 - 21:17.
#4
Posted 07 November 2021 - 21:18
Best driver: Max
Worst driver: Bottas (how many times this season alone?)
Best team: RB
Worst team: Williams
Best overtake: Max T1
Worst overtake: Perez
Best moment: The crowd
Worst moment: Bottas 2 attempts at FL.
And the race in a sentence: Imagine if this crowd had a race to cheer
#5
Posted 07 November 2021 - 21:18
Best driver: Gasly & Kimi
Worst driver: Stroll
Best team: Red Bull
Worst team: McLaren
Best overtake: none
Worst overtake: none
Best moment: no best moment
Worst moment: Bottas' start
And the race in a sentence: boring sleepfest
Edited by William Hunt, 07 November 2021 - 21:19.
#6
Posted 07 November 2021 - 21:31
Best driver: Verstappen and Gasly
Worst driver: I'd give this one to Bottas. The T1 incidents were mostly on him and it was poor execution from him regardless
Best team: Red Bull
Worst team: McLaren's form has been quite bad lately, at this rate, Norris can lose P5 to the Ferraris in the end
Best overtake: Kimi, Alonso and Stroll on Russell were pretty neat, but was there any other memorable one?
Worst overtake: That desperate half-hearted attempt from Bottas behind Ricciardo
Best moment: Everyone hyping up the charge from Perez, only to see him fail
Worst moment: The start incidents
And the race in a sentence: At least it wasn't my worst cardio session
Edited by balage06, 07 November 2021 - 21:33.
#7
Posted 08 November 2021 - 01:07
Worst driver: N/A
Best team: Red Bull
Worst team: Haas
Best overtake: Verstappen to the lead.
Worst overtake: N/A
Best moment: Verstappen to the lead.
Worst moment: Ocon/Schumacher/Tsunoda
And the race in a sentence: There’s no stoppen Verstappen lol.
Edited by ARTGP, 08 November 2021 - 01:10.
#8
Posted 08 November 2021 - 01:31
incredible double overtake of Max at the start in T1
Why didn't RB do a Perez undercut on Hamilton?
Why didn't RB pull in Perez for the fastest lap, he had a free pitstop.
What a clumsy first try of Bottles to take the fastest lap.
#9
Posted 08 November 2021 - 02:01
Best driver: Verstappen
Worst driver: Ricciardo for spinning Bottas was my choice, if you don't count Mazepin.
Best team: Red Bull overcame the mistake in Q that cost them the pole, AND sorted out the wing issue ... outstanding!
Worst team: I dunno hard not to pick Haas, but McLaren had a rough day.
Best overtake: Stroll on gaining 2 places (forget who)
Worst overtake: Stroll gaining 2 places (forget who), and then blowing his braking point giving both and another place back. Gotta curb your enthusiasm, Dude.
Best moment: When I got bored and went to play my guitar.
Worst moment: When I came back.
And the race in a sentence: I heard there were some good midfield battles.
#10
Posted 08 November 2021 - 03:45
Best driver: VER/HAM - Both maximized their respective vehicles. Gasly too.
Worst driver: BOT. Put someone else in the seat FFS
Best team: RBR - Overcame adversity yesterday and maximized results today.
Worst team: N/A
Best overtake: VER on BOT. BOT is useless.
Worst overtake: N/A
Best moment: When the pain was over.
Worst moment: VER on BOT. Race over.
And the race in a sentence: Damage limitation for Mercedes.
Edited by MKSixer, 08 November 2021 - 03:47.
#11
Posted 08 November 2021 - 05:56
Another dull race. One interesting corner at the start, the rest was dull as dishwater.
#12
Posted 08 November 2021 - 06:54
6/10, the race itself wasn't that interesting but for once I thought the TV direction was actually decent.
#13
Posted 08 November 2021 - 10:04
Race was interesting all the way to the 1st corner. After that, not so much. Enjoyed Kimi getting a good result, but even that was uneventful excluding the pass on Russel.
#14
Posted 08 November 2021 - 10:48
Best driver: Verstappen
Worst driver: Bottas
Best team: Red Bull
Worst team: Haas
Best overtake: Verstappen overtaking both Mercs in T1
Worst overtake: Stroll trying a simMonza overtake.
Best moment: Verstappen toying with Bottas, blocking his FL attempts two times in a row.
Worst moment: Perez not mounting one serious overtake attempt.
And the race in a sentence: dull but tense, like so many races this year.
#15
Posted 08 November 2021 - 11:16
Just watched the summary over lunch; then decided to go quickly through the race thread... ouch
Best driver: Gasly?
Worst driver: don't care
Best team: RB?
Worst team: don't care
Best overtake: Verstappen in lap 1
Worst overtake: whoever in lap 1 taking out two cars.
Best moment: no specific moment
Worst moment: the hate spewing by some forumers towards Bottas in the race thread.
And the race in a sentence:
7 minutes was adequate
#16
Posted 08 November 2021 - 11:38
Worst driver: Perez cost his team a 1-2 IMO with his qualifying cock up. Bottas was poor on the run to T1. Ricciardo’s crash was pretty poor too.
Best team: RBR - a cut above the rest on this circuit.
Worst team: nothing stood out.
Best overtake: Verstappen, T1.
Worst overtake: pick one from the various Ricciardo and Bottas moments during the race.
Best moment: every time the crowd went nuts. Fabulous atmosphere.
Worst moment: nothing really stands out. Maybe the stewards falling asleep?
And the race in a sentence: tense battle for P2, otherwise not that much going on, but still an awesome atmosphere - 7/10
#17
Posted 08 November 2021 - 18:00
Worst driver: Bottas
Best team: RedBull
Worst team: toss up between McLaren and Alpine
Best overtake: Verstappen on both Mercedes
Worst overtake: Bottas on …. Eh nevermind
Best moment: Verstappen’s start
Worst moment: RedBull missing the opportunity to get in front of Hamilton with Perez.
The race in a sentence? It could have been a sprintrace nothing happening.
#18
Posted 08 November 2021 - 18:27
Best driver: Max
Worst driver: Stroll
Best team: I don't know, Ferrari for making a huge dent into McLaren hopes?
Worst team: No clue but Renault were nowhere in qualifying at a track that 'supposedly' helps their turbos
Best overtake: Max on Bottas + Lewis
Worst overtake: Ricciardo who had to turn Bottas around to pass him
Best moment: L1 T1
Worst moment: Qualifying 3
And the race in a sentence: The word snoozefest was invented for this one.
#19
Posted 08 November 2021 - 19:24
Why didn't RB pull in Perez for the fastest lap, he had a free pitstop.
What a clumsy first try of Bottles to take the fastest lap.
It wouldn't have helped them - 1 more point for Perez and 1 less for Bottas is not as important as keeping the pressure on Lewis.
If he should have taken the point off Lewis there would have been a serious discussion
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#20
Posted 08 November 2021 - 19:26
Worst driver: Perez cost his team a 1-2 IMO with his qualifying cock up. Bottas was poor on the run to T1. Ricciardo’s crash was pretty poor too.
That a clear alternate reality. Sure, it was not perfect, but worst driver? Give me a break
#21
Posted 08 November 2021 - 19:39
Best driver: Verstappen
Worst driver: Stroll
Best team: Red Bull
Worst team: Haas
Best overtake: Not many, I guess Max at the start on both Mercs!
Worst overtake:
Best moment: The post-race celebrations! Great crowd, great track TO DRIVE on, but not to provide an exciting race unfortunately...
Worst moment: Perez going long for no reason, when he could've pitted right after Ham instead of losing time!
The race was forgetable! 6/10
#22
Posted 08 November 2021 - 19:41
Best driver: Verstappen
Worst driver: Mazepin (I did not bother to factor in what he did this race, the "worst driver" trophy will always be his)
Best team: RBR
Worst team: Haas
Best overtake: If we include the start, then of course Verstappen on all the Merc's
Worst overtake: Ricciardo on Bottas (first time)
Best moment: Seeing that both HAM and VER cleared T1 safely
Worst moment: Seeing that Bottas did NOT clear T1. I had been looking forward for an epic strategy battle between RBR and Merc.
And the race in a sentence: Had this been the first race of the season I would have rated it around 3-4 out of 10, now I gave it a solid 8.