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Best team:
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Best overtake:
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Best moment:
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And the race in a sentence:
Rate the 2022 Austrian Grand Prix
#1
Posted 10 July 2022 - 14:38
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#2
Posted 10 July 2022 - 14:45
Best driver: Leclerc
Worst driver: Russell
Best team: Mercedes
Worst team: Aston
Best overtake: Mick on Lewis
Worst overtake: dunno
Best moment: Mick fighting Lewis
Worst moment: Carlos retiring
Best thing about the race: Championship is back
Worst thing about the race: A bit dull in the middle
6 out of 10
#3
Posted 10 July 2022 - 15:10
Best driver: Schumacher, Leclerc
Worst driver: Gasly
Best team: Mercedes
Worst team: Aston
Best overtake: Mick on Lewis
Best moment: Mick fighting Lewis
#4
Posted 10 July 2022 - 15:14
#5
Posted 10 July 2022 - 15:14
Best driver: Leclerc and Lewis
Worst driver: Russell, Gasly
Best team: Mercedes, Haas
Worst team: Aston
Best overtake: Lewis on Mick in turn 6 I think?
#6
Posted 10 July 2022 - 16:01
Worst driver - Gasly, I think he's regressed a lot over the last season or so. This was one of his worst races.
Best team - Ferrari, despite the engine failure. These things happen. They were sharper today and had a car to beat the Red Bull in their own backyard.
Worst team - Aston Martin, talking about regression.
Best overtake - Hamilton on Mick, just pulled off quite a difficult move with such confidence and ease.
Worst overtake - Perez and Russell probably.
Best moment - all the wheel to wheel stuff between Max and Charles was really tense.
Worst moment - Sainz's engine grenading and that slightly hairy moment with the car going backwards back towards the track in flames with the driver sitting on top of it.
8. Pretty good.
#7
Posted 10 July 2022 - 16:27
Worst driver: Gasly
Best team: Mercedes
Worst team: Aston Martin
Best overtake: Magnussen on Alonso and Zhou in T1 https://streamja.com/0jEKn
Worst overtake: Russell on Perez
Best moment: double points for Haas again
Worst moment: Sainz’s Ferrari on fire
Best thing about the race: overtaking
Worst thing about the race: don’t know
#8
Posted 10 July 2022 - 16:29
You can usually trust Ferrari to add excitement when there shouldn’t be any.
#9
Posted 10 July 2022 - 16:30
Worst driver: Gasly was lousy today.
Best team: Haas, amazingly.
Worst team: Aston Martin?
Best overtake: Norris on Magnussen and someone else in that mess of four cars into one corner- had to close my eyes.
Worst overtake: Perez on Russell. He should have learnt from Albon…
Best moment: Realising there was actually going to be a race today!
Worst moment: Ferrari grenade.
Best thing about the race: Plenty of overtakes.
Worst thing about the race: About a hundred track limits warnings.
And the race in a sentence: Proper race that. 8/10
#10
Posted 10 July 2022 - 16:34
Best driver: Leclerc, but that's boring so i'll give it to Mick!
Worst driver: Gasly did everything wrong, but despite that Tsunoda managed to finish behind him, so i'll give it to Tsunoda.
Best team: Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas
Worst team: Alpha Tauri
Best overtake: Magnussen's awesome Double Overtake in Turn 1
Worst overtake: Gasly smashing Seb off the track
Best moment: That huge 6 car fight in the midfield mid race
Worst moment: Ferrari taking fire
Best thing about the race: Lot of action, cars following close & fighting hard
Worst thing about the race: Track Limits nosense.
And the race in a sentence: Lively
#11
Posted 10 July 2022 - 16:51
Worst driver: No one stood out
Best team: (relatively) Haas
Worst team: Alpha Tauri
Best overtake: Hamilton on Schumacher
Worst overtake: Perez driving into the side of Russell.
Best moment: Leclerc’s tense finish
Worst moment: Sainz’s Ferrari giving up
Best thing about the race: Leclerc keeping the title race alive
Worst thing about the race: Stewarding. e.g. Russell left enough room but somehow was penalised because Perez didn’t use the track available to him on the outside.
And the race in a sentence: 6/10, just above average for a track which rarely provides classics.
#12
Posted 10 July 2022 - 16:52
Best driver: Leclerc
Worst driver:
Best team: Ferrari
Worst team: Wow, there's a lot of competition down there If pressed, I'd say Williams
Best overtake: Hamilton on Schumacher
Worst overtake: Pérez on Russell
Best moment: when it was over
Worst moment: realizing I'd wasted another Sunday afternoon on F1... - oh, and the bungling incompetence of the marshals when Sainz dropped out!
Best thing about the race: I think I did well in the shareholders competition
Worst thing about the race: DRS, DRS, DRS, and 71 laps of that
And the race in a sentence: strategy borefest, with lots of DRS changes of position, but hardly any overtaking
Edited by Michael Ferner, 10 July 2022 - 16:55.
#13
Posted 10 July 2022 - 16:53
Best moment? Alonso wagging his finger at Tsunoda.
#14
Posted 10 July 2022 - 16:53
Worst thing about the race: Stewarding. e.g. Russell left enough room but somehow was penalised because Perez didn’t use the track available to him on the outside.
So Perez didn’t leave Russell enough room? How much room did he need, he clearly overshot the corner.
#15
Posted 10 July 2022 - 17:05
Best driver: Leclerc
Worst driver: Latifi
Best team: Ferrari
Worst team: Aston Martin
Best overtake: The battle between both the Haases, Norris, Zhou and Alpine where someone passed two cars in one go at turn 1.
Worst overtake: Either of the 2 that lead to accidents, although in both case it was the defending driver on the inside at fault.
Best moment: The aforementioned double pass and 3/4 cars abreast on the run up to turn 3.
Worst moment: The reports of spectator (I am not going to credit them with being fans) behaviour.
Best thing about the race: Great battles throughout the field.
Worst thing about the race: Spectator behaviour.
And the race in a sentence: Two brilliant races in a row.
#16
Posted 10 July 2022 - 17:07
This was a sprint race weekend. That's all I am willing to say.
Edited by Man of the race, 10 July 2022 - 17:09.
#17
Posted 10 July 2022 - 17:07
8
very good and all, but a little short of becoming a seasonal classic
#18
Posted 10 July 2022 - 17:43
I think it was on Alonso. Here's another vote for that one!Best overtake: Norris on Magnussen and someone else in that mess of four cars into one corner- had to close my eyes.
#19
Posted 10 July 2022 - 17:45
Best driver: Leclerc
Worst driver:
Best team: Ferrari
Worst team: Wow, there's a lot of competition down there If pressed, I'd say Williams
Best overtake: Hamilton on Schumacher
Worst overtake: Pérez on Russell
Best moment: when it was over
Worst moment: realizing I'd wasted another Sunday afternoon on F1... - oh, and the bungling incompetence of the marshals when Sainz dropped out!
Best thing about the race: I think I did well in the shareholders competition
Worst thing about the race: DRS, DRS, DRS, and 71 laps of that
And the race in a sentence: strategy borefest, with lots of DRS changes of position, but hardly any overtaking
I’m not quite sure how anyone can say that after a race with three wheel to wheel overtakes for the lead, but hey. I know DRS was at the bottom of most of it but it was thoroughly entertaining if narrowly short of being an all-time classic.
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#20
Posted 10 July 2022 - 18:22
Worst driver: Gasly, hopeless all weekend
Best team: Haas - would have been Merc has it not been for the poor pit stops
Worst team: Aston
Best overtake: Mick on Lewis
Worst overtake: Russel on Perez
Best moment: Those 5 cars all going at it
Worst moment: Sainz DNF
Best thing about the race: Some hope restored that we might still get a championship battle, though reliability may well decide it
Worst thing about the race: Sainz DNF, was quite scary seeing that fire.
7 out of 10
#21
Posted 10 July 2022 - 18:24
Best driver: Leclerc
Worst driver:
Best team: Ferrari
Worst team: Wow, there's a lot of competition down there If pressed, I'd say Williams
Best overtake: Hamilton on Schumacher
Worst overtake: Pérez on Russell
Best moment: when it was over
Worst moment: realizing I'd wasted another Sunday afternoon on F1... - oh, and the bungling incompetence of the marshals when Sainz dropped out!
Best thing about the race: I think I did well in the shareholders competition
Worst thing about the race: DRS, DRS, DRS, and 71 laps of that
And the race in a sentence: strategy borefest, with lots of DRS changes of position, but hardly any overtaking
I dread to think how you felt about Miami
#22
Posted 10 July 2022 - 18:26
Best driver: Leclerc
Worst driver: Gasly
Best team: Haas
Worst team: Aston Martin
Best overtake: Magnussen double overtake
Worst overtake: Gasly on Vettel
Best moment: Five-car battle into T3 near the midway point
Worst moment: Marshal having troubles putting Sainz fire off
And the race in a sentence: Leclerc showed he doesn't need pole to win.
#23
Posted 10 July 2022 - 19:19
Best moment was the Alonso finger wag at 320 km/h.
Edited by ARTGP, 10 July 2022 - 19:19.
#24
Posted 10 July 2022 - 19:44
I’m not quite sure how anyone can say that after a race with three wheel to wheel overtakes for the lead, but hey. I know DRS was at the bottom of most of it but it was thoroughly entertaining if narrowly short of being an all-time classic.
I'm spoilt, I grew up watching F1 in the seventies!
I'm not easily entertained, especially not by DRS position changes. Overtaking is something else, entirely.
#25
Posted 10 July 2022 - 19:49
Edited by milestone 11, 10 July 2022 - 19:50.
#26
Posted 11 July 2022 - 00:39
#27
Posted 11 July 2022 - 03:12
Lots of great action - one-on-one duels, multi-car duels - and eventful.
Very glad Sainz is OK.
Edited by Zmeej, 11 July 2022 - 03:12.
#28
Posted 11 July 2022 - 04:22
Best driver: Charles did well at the end, considering his problems, but I'd give it to 1 of Lewis, Lando, or Mick.
Worst driver: Gasly was terrible, but he did finish ahead of Tsunoda.
Best team: Mercedes and Haas both had good races.
Worst team: Alpha Tauri/Aston Martin (tie)
Best overtake: Charles on Max just because it was for the lead.
Worst overtake: Perez on Russell (really thought it was a racing incident) not a good move so early in the race, and Checo paid the price.
Best moment: Alonso giving Yuki the finger .... it's about time someone did.
Worst moment: Sainz blow-up.
Best thing about the race: The suspense due to Leclerc's throttle issues.
Worst thing about the race: Track limit nonsense.
And the race in a sentence: Entertaining.
#29
Posted 11 July 2022 - 05:02
Worst driver: Gasly had a stinker tbh.
Best team: HAAS
Worst team: Alpha Tauri
Best overtake: Probs Schumacher's/Hamilton's overtakes.
Worst overtake: Russell punting Perez off
Best moment: that five car brawl into turn 3
Worst moment: Seb getting punted off. Man cannot seem to catch a break wheel to wheel.
Best thing about the race: Alpine cementing itself as the 4th best car (again, biased).
Worst thing about the race: The silly crashes in turn 4. Both examples of pretty poor wheel to wheel racing.
And the race in a sentence: Solid 8. Enjoyable race with plenty going on throughout.
#30
Posted 11 July 2022 - 05:03
Best team: An improving Haas
Best thing about the race; FIA finally giving drivers warnings about track limits
Worst thing about the race: Race drivers too thick in the head to suitably heed warnings.
Regards --- Joe
#31
Posted 11 July 2022 - 05:18
Worst driver: Gasly
Best team: Ferrari
Worst team: Tie between Aston and AT. Invisible.
Best overtake: Leclerc on Max 1
Worst overtake: Gasly on Seb
Best moment: 5 cars so close you could put a blanket over them
Worst moment: Seb punted by Gasly
Best thing about the race: Charles finally winning, despite the issues
Worst thing about the race: Sainz throwing rods
And the race in a sentence: Tense, especially as a Tifosi
#32
Posted 11 July 2022 - 08:19
Best driver: Charles Leclerc,
Honourable mentions best driver: Logan Sargeant (F2), Isac Hadjar & Victor Martins (F3), Mick Schumacher, Esteban Ocon, Lando Norris, Alex Albon, Carlos Sainz Jr.
Worst driver: Pierre Gasly
Honourable mention worst driver: Nicholas Latifi, Clément Novalak (F2: we expect more of such a talented driver)
Most unlucky drivers: Carlos Sainz Jr. & Juan-Manuel Corra (F3 sprint race)
Best team: Haas
Worst team: Aston Martin
Best overtake: Norris on Zhou and the Haas cars
Worst overtake: --
Best moment: Ferrari finally winning again without messing up their strategy
Worst moment: fans bad behaviour
Best thing about the race: a lot of action, for 2 races in a row now
Worst thing about the race: fans bad behaviour
And the race in a sentence: Hooliganism alas seems to become a part of F1 now (at Silverstone as well)
Edited by William Hunt, 11 July 2022 - 08:20.
#33
Posted 11 July 2022 - 08:20
Best driver: Leclerc, Alonso, Ocon all did well
Worst driver: Gasly appears to having a bit of mare at the moment
Best team: Haas
Worst team: Aston Martin or AT
Best overtake: Magussen’s double
Worst overtake: Vettel on Gasly
Best moment: Alonso scolding Tsunoda
Worst moment: Carlos engine letting go
Best thing about the race: Charles winning after so long
Worst thing about the race: Track limits, I thought they were all going to get a 5 sec penalty at one point
And the race in a sentence: Gave it a 8, feared a Max domination, but a slight chink in the RB armour – we can but hope
#34
Posted 11 July 2022 - 11:40
I'd like to add a rating for the aerodynamics rule changes for this season - I'm giving them a "10". The number of times we saw 3, 4, or 5 cars battling in close formation, and not just for a second or two but for multiple corners makes it clear that Ross got it right.
#35
Posted 11 July 2022 - 11:45
Best driver: LeClerc was superb - his overtakes on Max were excellent. Honorable mentions for Hamilton and Schumacher.
Worst driver: Gasly or Tsunoda, both had a shocker.
Best team: Haas.
Worst team: On a day where they did a great job sticking to their guns on strategy, Ferrari somehow managed to shoot themselves in the foot again. Really seem to not want to challenge for the championship.
Best overtake: Hamilton on Mick or LeClerc's first move (from way back) on Verstappen.
Worst overtake: Gasly and Vettel.
Best moment: Alonso telling off Tsunoda had me in bits.
Worst moment: Sainz engine robbing us of that battle - think it would have been decent, and that Max would have had a chance of keeping him behind.
Best thing about the race: the crowd.
Worst thing about the race: a tiny minority in the crowd.
And the race in a sentence: lots of fun racing through the field, and definitely not an action replay of the sprint - really enjoyable weekend.
#36
Posted 11 July 2022 - 15:26
Best driver: Shared between Leclerc and Schumacher. Very good all-round performances.
Worst driver: Gasly. Gone off the boil of late.
Best team: Haas.
Worst team: Aston Martin.
Best overtake: Nothing stood out in particular, but at stretch I'd say Leclerc's opportunistic lunge into turn 4 or Norris' climb 2-3 places in that five car scrap.
Worst overtake: Nothing of note.
Best moment: The cheers when Verstappen got pole position. Not for the driver per se, but the atmosphere was loud and exciting.
Worst moment: Petty forum squabbles.
Best thing about the race: Styria is beautiful.
Worst thing about the race: Nothing of note.
And the race in a sentence: Enjoyable day out in the Austrian hills.
#37
Posted 12 July 2022 - 05:01
So Perez didn’t leave Russell enough room? How much room did he need, he clearly overshot the corner.
They both had room, but Perez chose not to use it.
#38
Posted 12 July 2022 - 07:26
They both had room, but Perez chose not to use it.
He was in front and committed to a corner and left Russell enough room to make the corner without crashing into him.He couldn't even see Russell at that moment, so he was trusting on Russell to make the corner as the Ferrari's did in front of him.This "room on the outside" argument really is a red herring, of course there's always room on the outside when they're around the apex of a corner, that's how you make a corner.
#39
Posted 12 July 2022 - 07:30
He was in front and committed to a corner and left Russell enough room to make the corner without crashing into him.He couldn't even see Russell at that moment, so he was trusting on Russell to make the corner as the Ferrari's did in front of him.
Dangerous thing to do with a Mercedes down the inside.
*hides*
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#40
Posted 12 July 2022 - 07:50
I do find it funny that the British Grand Prix was hailed as the best thing since sliced bread, whilst this one only gets a score of 8. This Grand Prix had fights all over and during the entirety of the race, opposed to the British one. Which has had some awesome racing, but not for an extended period of time like Austria.
Edit: I think I will have to post this in the unpopular opinion thread.
Edited by Beri, 12 July 2022 - 07:51.
#41
Posted 12 July 2022 - 10:31
Best driver: It's hard to pick anyone bar Leclerc really
Worst driver: Gasly? I think
Best team: Statistically, still Mercedes? But i'm very impressed with what Haas are doing.
Worst team: McLaren need to do better but Aston Martin have been appalling the last few rounds.
Best overtake: Leclerc's insane divebomb at turn 4
Worst overtake: Sainz off-track pass on Russell out of T1; not sure why it rubs me the wrong way but shades of Spa 2009 I guess
Best moment: Just enjoyed all of it really - the 5 car fight on/around lap 20 was awesome.
Worst moment: Sainz engine failure and the fire-putting-out or lack thereof
Best thing about the race: Nice to see Ferrari back on top!
Worst thing about the race: The trouble with the fans, to be honest.
#42
Posted 12 July 2022 - 11:04
Best driver: Leclerc
Worst driver: Gasly. I don't see anyone else in the same league.
Best team: Haas - maximised their potential all weekend
Worst team: Aston Martin. What has happened?
Best overtake: Hamilton on Schumacher. Superb.
Worst overtake: Nothing stood out
Best moment: Ferrari getting strategy right for a change
Worst moment: Sainz's engine grenading
Best thing about the race: It was a race, albeit DRS assisted.
Worst thing about the race: Certain sections of the crowd. This needs to be nipped in the bud.
And the race in a sentence: Lively, but still helped by DRS
The rule changes have helped a lot though....that 6 car battle we briefly had would never have happened in 2021 or really in any season in the last 20 or even 30 years. It was abundantly clear that cars could follow quite close in corners.
#43
Posted 12 July 2022 - 13:39
He was in front and committed to a corner and left Russell enough room to make the corner without crashing into him.He couldn't even see Russell at that moment, so he was trusting on Russell to make the corner as the Ferrari's did in front of him.This "room on the outside" argument really is a red herring, of course there's always room on the outside when they're around the apex of a corner, that's how you make a corner.
You operate on a different principal than I do. I think the "in front" argument is the red herring, and that it is the responsibility of the driver making the pass to do it safely. Clearly Checo was not "in front" enough to chop down and take the apex, as he attempted. You are implying Russell drove into him on purpose, I don't think that is the case.
#44
Posted 12 July 2022 - 14:02