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[ANF]

Best driver:
Worst driver:
Best team:
Worst team:
Best overtake:
Worst overtake:
Best moment:
Worst moment:
Best thing about the race:
Worst thing about the race:

And the race in a sentence:

[smitten]

Best driver: Hamilton (but shout out to Sainz for a maiden victory)
Worst driver: Not sure.
Best team: Red Bull
Worst team: Ferrari
Best overtake: Leclerc round the outside of Hamilton
Worst overtake: none registered
Best moment: Hearing Zhou was okay
Worst moment: Having to so long to hear
Best thing about the race: Plenty of close racing after the SC (In truth, it was probably Verstappen having a problem that let the rest of the field have a shot)
Worst thing about the race: Driving standards on their way down again.

And the race in a sentence: 8/10 - Highly entertaining.

[sheSgoTthElooK]

A 10 - what else? 

[Disgrace]

The most action-packed race in many years, perhaps a decade? Just lacked more of a fight for the lead and a deserving winner.

[LolaB0860]

9,5 but give it 10 for charity

 

That might have been the best race since, I don't even remember when. And probably on at least tie with Hungary 2021 as the most dramatic since ???

 

The worst thing was the TV direction which was somehow even worse than usual

Edited by LolaB0860, 03 July 2022 - 17:01.

[ConsiderAndGo]

10.

I’ve ended up absolutely furious, but as a spectacle, it was mental.

[ARTGP]

Best driver: Hamilton, a proper conjuring.
Worst driver: Ricciardo? Did he have car problems?
Best team: Haas?
Worst team: Ferrari, good grief.
Best overtake: Leclerc around the outside of Hamilton in Copse. Ballsy.
Worst overtake:
Best moment: THAT restart…
Worst moment: Zhou crash
Best thing about the race: THAT restart….
Worst thing about the race: Zhou crash

And the race in a sentence: These new regs really are crap /s

[aray]

A 10/10 race if there was ever one in recent memory.

[Tiakumosan]

Worst team will be unanimous today 😅

[NewMrMe]

Best driver: Sainz
Worst driver: Tsunoda for having a got at taking his teammate out.
Best team: Ferrari
Worst team: Williams
Best overtake: Lecelrc on Hamilton at Copse
Worst overtake: Tsunoda's attempt on Gasly
Best moment: Zhou being okay.
Worst moment: Zhou's crash

Best thing about the race: Zhou being okay. Amazing battles.
Worst thing about the race: Zhou's crash

And the race in a sentence:

[PayasYouRace]

Race had everything. 10/10.

[Dan333SP]

5 cars from 5 constructors with tenths between each battling for the podium with a handful of laps left around a classic circuit with the crowd roaring… basically as good as F1 gets. One of the best races I’ve ever seen, tbh.

[AlexPrime]

Best driver: Hamilton
Worst driver: Russell
Best team: Ferrari, despite mistakes
Worst team: Alfa
Best overtake: Lewis on Checo and Charles
Worst overtake: Can't think of any to be honest
Best moment: Max vs Mick
Worst moment: Not knowing if Zhou is OK
Best thing about the race: Three teams with the pace to win with two more close behind
Worst thing about the race: Climate activists trying to ruin it
Overall 10 out of 10. I am very pleased for Carlos and while I don't like Lewis, hats off to him, drove like a lion.

[messy]

Best race for years, had everything. Thriller. I’m not even taking a point off for the accident, because a) they’re all okay, and b) it set up the rest of the race - had the first start counted with Max waltzing away I don’t think we’d be looking back on this epic.

Best driver - Hamilton was inspired today. For once though, the luck wouldn’t quite come to get him on that top step.
Worst driver - Tsunoda was pretty silly and Ricciardo was utterly anonymous, so one of those two.
Best team - Mercedes have made real strides and really only bad luck prevented the race from falling their way.
Worst team - they won, but Ferrari showing their strategic ineptitude yet again.
Best overtake - Leclerc around the outside of Lewis just pips Lewis on Charles and Perez. Some great ones.
Worst overtake - Tsunoda on Gasly!
Best moment - the pure racing between Leclerc, Hamilton and Perez in the closing laps.
Worst moment - Ferrari absolutely screwing Leclerc on his big, big opportunity to gain on Max is unforgivable.
Best thing about the race - it was brilliant
Worst thing about the race - Zhou’ s accident.

In a sentence - thrilling race on a proper circuit between three strong teams, more please.

[Mat13]

Best driver: Hamilton, Perez, Leclerc

Worst driver: Ricciardo (again)

Best team: not too sure on this one. Not sure anyone was flawless- Haas had a good one?

Worst team: McLaren for needlessly giving Alonso 6th. And Ferrari for doing the same to Leclerc, although I was chuffed with a Sainz win.

Best overtake: Too many to pick from!

Worst overtake: Zhou clearly overtook Russell upside down, which I’m sure is against the rules.

Best moment: we all know.

Worst moment: we all know.

Best thing about the race: Zhou back in the paddock before the race had even finished.

Worst thing about the race: realising Ricciardo might actually be past it.

And the race in a sentence: more of that please. 10

[Michael Ferner]

7/10 - best race I've seen in twenty years! 
 
Best driver: Hamilton
Worst driver:
Best team: Ferrari by a hair - I didn't understand their tactics with Leclerc, but I don't have all the info
Worst team: a three-way tie between Williams and the two Alfas
Best overtake: Leclerc - Copse - Hamilton, and that with a damaged car, wow!
Worst overtake: Tsunoda on Gasly
Best moment: hearing that Zhou was okay
Worst moment: seeing Zhou sliding a hundred miles upside down
Best thing about the race: some nice wheel-to-wheel stuff, and no petty penalties when lines were marginally overstepped
Worst thing about the race: DRS and pit stops

And the race in a sentence: F1 shows promise, but they still need to fix it.

[HerbieMcQueen]

Best driver: Leclerc. Sublime today, and I think the bump with Perez was unfortunate. The move was on in my opinion.
Worst driver: Ricciardo. Consistently and comparatively useless.
Best team: Haas - double points!
Worst team: Ferrari. From my view, a very weak pitwall today. No conviction.
Best overtake: Leclerc at Copse. Balls, skill, and great entertainment.
Worst overtake: Tsunoda.
Best moment: Lap 45 to Lap 52. A go kart race.
Worst moment: Easy to say Zhou's accident, but that's predictable. The end of the race was the worst moment, as the entire Grand Prix was a gift.
Best thing about the race: The last 10 laps or so.
Worst thing about the race: Not much, so I'll stick with the cliché TV direction. Not using their best people.

And the race in a sentence: A race befitting the circuit and the sport.

Edited by HerbieMcQueen, 03 July 2022 - 18:50.

[Nemo1965]

I’m at loss for words how good I thought this GP was… 10. And Ferrari… the tacticians are just way off…

[Tenmantaylor]

Best driver: Sainz
Worst driver: Tsunoda for having a got at taking his teammate out.
Best team: Ferrari
Worst team: Williams
Best overtake: Lecelrc on Hamilton at Copse
Worst overtake: Tsunoda's attempt on Gasly
Best moment: Zhou being okay.
Worst moment: Zhou's crash
Best thing about the race: Zhou being okay. Amazing battles.
Worst thing about the race: Zhou's crash

And the race in a sentence:

Lol! It asks best team, not best car.

Carlos and Ferrari did everything they could to throw away a 1-2 today and by some miracle (and Maxs bad luck) got a win for Carlos. They could easily have been 3rd/4th behind Max and Lewis today. They got very lucky. LeClerc was lucky to hold on at the end.

[Mark1865]

Best driver: Hamilton
Worst driver: Gasly
Best team: Mercedes for the clear jump in pace
Worst team: Ferrari. Indecisive and no longer clear of Mercedes.
Best overtake: Charles re-passing Lewis at copse. It seems you can go side by side when on the outside of that corner.
Worst overtake: Gasly driving into a closing wedge at the start
Best moment: Lewis chasing down both Ferraris on hard tyres
Worst moment: The moments following Zhou’s crash
Best thing about the race: Mercedes on the way back.
Worst thing about the race: I will answer this, but first here’s 3 minutes of replays of my previous answers.

And the race in a sentence: Good racing on a good circuit, less of the street tracks please.

Edited by Mark1865, 03 July 2022 - 18:58.

[Londondude]

Best driver: Charles

Worst driver: Russell 
Best team: Red Bull. Unlucky, no mistakes
Worst team: Ferrari, should have finished 1-2 
Best overtake: Charles on Lewis 
Worst overtake: Yuki on Pierre
Best moment: the side by side action after the safety car
Worst moment: Zhou's crash 
Best thing about the race: Charles's driving 

Worst thing about the race: Having to listen to the useless commentators on sky and their bias
And the race in a sentence: Lucky escape for Zhou! 

[Ramon69]

Best driver: Hamilton
Worst driver: Ricciardo
Best team: Mercedes for the revival.
Worst team: Ferrari, need I say more?!? 
Best overtake: Leclerc on Hamilton
Worst overtake: 
Best moment: Last laps after the SC Restart were EPIC!
Worst moment: Zhou crash.

 

Amazing race, I couldn't have asked for more really (except maybe some rain   !), 10 out 10 from me!
 

[DamonHillOfBeans]

Best driver: Sainz. Elbows out at the restart, and took no nonsense from his team.
Worst driver: Tsunoda
Best team: Ferrari, even though they nearly threw it away.
Worst team: Aston Martin. Barely remember anything about their race.
Best overtake: So many to choose from
Worst overtake: Tsunoda
Best moment: Zhou being ok; George Russell sprinting over to check on him
Worst moment: the crash
Best thing about the race: Action from lights (plural) to flag; the strength of modern F1 cars
Worst thing about the race: obviously the crash and the awful wait for news

And the race in a sentence: wow wow wow.

[William Hunt]

Best driver: Leclerc

 

Honourable mention best driver: Hamilton & Alonso

Worst driver: Russell (for the start crash) & Ricciardo (for slow pace) & Nissany (for driving like an idiot)

Best team: Carlin
Worst team: Ferrari for screwing Leclerc by not pitting him
Best overtake: Leclerc on Hamilton at Copse 
Worst overtake: --
Best moment: that Zhou & Albon were not injured
Worst moment: Zhou's crash 

 

Most Lucky driver: Zhou & Hauger

Most Unlucky driver: Leclerc

Most Artistic moment: both Alpha Tauri's doing a move that seemed like ballet
Best thing about the race: non stop action: that's how it should be

Worst thing about the race: the start crash + idiots trespassing and breeching the track
And the race in a sentence: It seems like Ferrari doesn't want to win the driver's title

Edited by William Hunt, 03 July 2022 - 21:21.

[ThadGreen]

I scored it an easy 10, certainly the best GP I have seen in a very long time. I was happy for Sainz and pleased to see Perez come back and finish second. I was also happy that none of the drivers were injured in the first lap incidents,

[PitViperRacing]

10/10.

Best driver: Leclerc
Worst driver: Tsunoda or Ricciardo
Best team: Probs
Worst team: Ferrari or McLaren
Best overtake: Leclerc on Hamilton at Copse
Worst overtake: Tsunoda on Gasly
Best moment: Honestly I'll say Verstappen getting damage, otherwise he would have run away with it in a canter
Worst moment: First lap crash
Best thing about the race: Safety car restart till the end, incredible stuff
Worst thing about the race: Ferrari just screwing over Leclerc.


Race in a sentence: Fantastic ending that highlights the value of the new regulations imo.

Edited by PitViperRacing, 03 July 2022 - 22:45.

[Blackjack1967]

10/10 I bet gonna be the best race of the season

 

Best driver: Leclerc
Worst driver: sadly Ricciardo
Best team: Mercedes / Alpine
Worst team: Ferrari due his strategists
Best overtake: Leclerc outside in Copse on Lewis. Unforgettable
Worst overtake: Tsunoda on Gasly
Best moment: Laps 45-48. Maybe best battle royale in the last decade
Worst moment: TV director pushing replay button during laps 45-48. I would kill him. Seriously      
Best thing about the race: That beautiful Halo. Isn´t beauty?
Worst thing about the race: 20 minutes of waiting for the good news

And the race in a sentence: Ferrari dangerously coming back to 1982

Edited by Blackjack1967, 05 July 2022 - 21:12.

[John B]

In a sentence: Ferrari win, but another lost opportunity to take advantage of Verstappen being down.

Agree about the TV coverage, including the time spent on MS/MV late, among other things mentioned above.

[MikeTekRacing]

A lot of Leclerc best driver yet he was a complete idiot on the start no 2 and f* his race and that of a competitor.

He threw out the win there

For me Lewis was DOTD

Edited by MikeTekRacing, 04 July 2022 - 02:47.

[HeadFirst]

Best driver: Carlos, honorable mention to Lewis and special mention to George for running to Guanyu's aid (a noble move, even if it was ill-advised)
Worst driver: Yuki
Best team: Aston Martin ... turned an18th and 20th at the start, into a 9th and 11th at the end (yes, I know there were retirements)
Worst team: Williams ... gives new meaning to the word upgrades
Best overtake: Lewis on Charles and Checo
Worst overtake: Yuki on Pierre
Best moment: Zhou in the pits (I hope Alex is okay)
Worst moment: Zhou upside down, and over the barriers
Best thing about the race: F1 safety cell
Worst thing about the race: Max running Mick off the track to protect his position

And the race in a sentence: Wow ... explosive start, and a dynamite finish

Edited by HeadFirst, 04 July 2022 - 04:46.

[tourister46a]

Best driver: Leclerc

Worst driver: Tsunoda
Best team: No idea
Worst team: No idea
Best overtake: Charles on Lewis at Copse
Worst overtake: Maybe Sergio on Leclerc at the chicane. I felt he wasn't trying very hard to keep it on track.
Best moment: Max taking the lead after yet another Sainz mistake
Worst moment: Zhou's crash
Best thing about the race: Charles, Sergio and Lewis going balls to the wall after the SC restart
Worst thing about the race: Max spending most of the race 2s off the pace

And the race in a sentence: Formula 1 living up to its pinnacle of motorsport billing, for once. 8/10 

[macjim]

Best driver:                            A lot of good drives today: Hamilton, Alonso, Vettel. Leclerc was going to win till the SC interrupted, but that’s Charles luck currently.        
Worst driver:                         Nobody had a mare, but Yuki did manage to take his team mate off.
Best team:                              Red-Bull, managed to conjure up a result from nowhere, honourable mention for Hass getting to cars in the points.
Worst team:                            Ferrari, it should have been an easy win, but dearie me…………..
Best overtake:                        Charles on Lewis at Copse, I had to look away – expecting an airplane type crash.
Worst overtake:                      Yuki, taking his team mate out.
Best moment:                         Hearing Zhou was ok.
Worst moment:                       Start line crash, seeing the car upside down in the gravel had me fearing the worst.
Best thing about the race:      Seeing Albon & Zhou were ok after the race.
Worst thing about the race:    Car are getting too heavy and clumsy, I liked Karun’s idea of ditching the Hybrid power, and going back to V10 with Carbon neutral fuel.

And the race in a sentence: 10 out of 10, it had everything. Thought the Hamaster was going to take the late win, but not to be.

Edited by macjim, 04 July 2022 - 07:56.

[engineblock1]

Best driver: Carlos Sainz (didnt give up and stayed there to ensure he goes for the win)
Worst driver: George Russell for the lack of situational awareness at start
Best team: Red Bull for getting more than what looked was possible for them
Worst team: umm Ferrari maybe? Not saying that they should have put Lec ahead but with some smartness, they could have got both drivers on podium as minimum.
Best overtake: Leclerc fightbacks
Worst overtake: Yuki on his teammate
Best moment: Hard to say
Worst moment: The red flag with no news on what happened
Best thing about the race: Change of circumstances and position meant we didnt have to sit back and wait for chequered flag
Worst thing about the race: No info from RC about incident and restart

And the race in a sentence:

[Risil]

Best driver: Leclerc, aggressive and in control once he hit the front. 
Worst driver: Ricciardo might've been unlucky in qualifying but he was nowhere even as Lando was troubling the top 6.
Best team: Mercedes took a big step forward.
Worst team: Alpha Tauri, having your drivers collide (and your world championship leader run over their debris) makes this one easy.
Best overtake: Leclerc's pass on Hamilton at Copse
Worst overtake: I don't remember names but there was a bit of shoving on occasion.
Best moment: Hamilton's double overtake coming onto the pit straight!
Worst moment: The very long wait for fans to hear that Zhou -- and for that matter marshalls, the crowd -- was OK after his scary crash.
Best thing about the race: The last 10 laps.
Worst thing about the race: The crash off the start, but even then, it apparently saved the field from meeting the protesters a bit further round the lap.

And the race in a sentence: Everyone hits trouble, Sainz pulls away from four-way fight for second.

[MattK9]

Best driver: Le Clerc, the fastest ferrari even with a damaged front wing
Worst driver: Yuki, crashed into his teammate
Best team: Ferrari, fastest car on the day, should have had a 1,2 finish
Worst team: Ferrari, moronic team strategy
Best overtake: Le Clerc around the outside of Hamilton at copse
Worst overtake: Yuki on Gasly
Best moment: Le Clerc defence on old hard tyres against runners on fresh softs
Worst moment: Red flag with no infomation for ages
Best thing about the race: Entaining race
Worst thing about the race: Red flag with no information for ages. nearly an hour wait to restart

And the race in a sentence: an entaining race 8/10, but a race nobody seemed to be able to win and eventually won by luck by a driver who didnt deserve to win