Vote for your German GP driver of the weekend
Debates and Polls
Mark Webber, Red Bull, Nurburgring, 2011
Who was the most impressive driver throughout the German Grand Prix weekend?
See below for my pick of the best drivers in the German Grand Prix.
Review each driver’s race weekend in detail below and vote for who you thought was the most impressive driver.
For your consideration
Here are some of the drivers who impressed me during the German Grand Prix weekend:
Lewis Hamilton – Got far more out of the car than his team mate, qualified very strongly and was tenacious in attack in the race.
Fernando Alonso – Minor mistakes take little away from another top-notch drive.
Mark Webber – Slow second pit stop cost him but he was quicker than Vettel all weekend.
Adrian Sutil – Very strong in qualifying and beat the Mercedes in the race. Easily his best drive so far this year.
Kamui Kobayashi – Solid comeback drive into the points having missed the cut for Q2 in qualifying.
Compare all the drivers
Review what happened to each driver over the race weekend and compare their performances with their team mates using the links below:
Red Bull: Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber
McLaren: Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton
Ferrari: Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa
Mercedes: Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher
Renault: Nick Heidfeld and Vitaly Petrov
Williams: Rubens Barrichello and Pastor Maldonado
Force India: Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta
Sauber: Kamui Kobayashi and Sergio Perez
Toro Rosso: Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari
Lotus: Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen
HRT: Narain Karthikeyan and Vitantonio Liuzzi
Virgin: Timo Glock and Jerome d’Ambrosio
Vote for your driver of the weekend
Which driver impressed you the most throughout the German Grand Prix weekend? Cast your vote below and have your say in the comments.
Who was the best driver of the German Grand Prix weekend?
- Sebastian Vettel (0%)
- Mark Webber (3%)
- Lewis Hamilton (77%)
- Jenson Button (0%)
- Fernando Alonso (6%)
- Felipe Massa (1%)
- Michael Schumacher (0%)
- Nico Rosberg (0%)
- Nick Heidfeld (0%)
- Vitaly Petrov (0%)
- Rubens Barrichello (0%)
- Pastor Maldonado (0%)
- Adrian Sutil (10%)
- Paul di Resta (0%)
- Kamui Kobayashi (3%)
- Sergio Perez (0%)
- Sebastien Buemi (0%)
- Jaime Alguersuari (0%)
- Heikki Kovalainen (0%)
- Karun Chandhok (0%)
- Daniel Ricciardo (0%)
- Vitantonio Liuzzi (0%)
- Timo Glock (0%)
- Jerome d'Ambrosio (0%)
Total Voters: 500
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British Grand Prix result
Fernando Alonso was voted the best driver of the British Grand Prix weekend:
1. Fernando Alonso – 53.0%
2. Lewis Hamilton – 22.3%
3. Mark Webber – 8.0%
Rate the Race: German Grand Prix
Don’t forget to cast your vote in the ‘rate the race’ poll as well:
2011 German Grand Prix
- Rate the race result: 2011 German Grand Prix
- 2011 German Grand Prix: complete race weekend review
- Vote for your German GP driver of the weekend
- McLaren: Surprise win in Germany for Hamilton
- Red Bull: McLaren and Ferrari ahead in Germany
- Ferrari: Alonso beats Red Bulls despite cool weather
- Mercedes: Three-stopper costs Rosberg a place
- Force India: Sutil helps team overtake Toro Rosso
- Renault: Petrov dissatisfied with strategy
- Sauber: Kobayashi out in Q1 but claims points
Image © Red Bull/Getty images
Pink Peril (@pink-peril) said on 26th July 2011, 13:06
Lewis definitely. There are honourable mentions to both Webber & Alonso, but Lewis has to get the vote. Fantastic all weekend, didn’t put a foot wrong. He has seemed a bit ragged lately, so great to see him back on form.
Shomir (@shomir) said on 26th July 2011, 13:40
Hamilton’s already gonna win… so i voted Sutil as i Recognise his great performance this weekend, his third best performance behind Malaysia 2010 and Monza 2009!
MW (@mw) said on 26th July 2011, 14:35
Anyone else think that Massa is now being used as a pawn by Ferrari to cover any move Vettel makes?
As it turned out I don’t think Vettel had the pace to challenge Alonso but the goal was to keep him as far down the points as possible, the Pit Crew let Ferarri down of course.
spankythewondermonkey (@spankythewondermonkey) said on 26th July 2011, 14:47
can’t agree with this. the post race interview, by the bbc, with stefano made it quite clear that there is more than just focus on nando in the ferrari team.
spankythewondermonkey (@spankythewondermonkey) said on 26th July 2011, 14:48
just to clarify, stefano made it clear
MW (@mw) said on 26th July 2011, 14:56
Oh right well if stefano said it!!
Remember after the Hockenheim farce last year he told the BBC that there were no team orders in the race?
It would be PR insanity to say otherwise..
spankythewondermonkey (@spankythewondermonkey) said on 27th July 2011, 11:03
it was the way in which it was said. the bbc journo (jake h iirc) inferred ferrari only had 1 driver – nando. he was spontaneously corrected by stefano.
it may be bs, however i think ferrari are now much more approachable and give more info than when under brawn or todt.
daykind said on 26th July 2011, 16:17
Got to be Hamilton. I hate him, so, so much, but he had an awesome weekend. One fo teh greatest qualifying laps I have ever seen, followed by an impeccable race, holding off the might of Alonso. Brilliant driving, but please Lewis, don’t keep it up ;)
Oliver said on 26th July 2011, 17:27
Those praising Hamilton like the gifted love child of Senna, I agree he’s done a super job but in my view, Alonso gets it.
Hamilton had the fastest race car, without a doubt. Webber was pushing 100% & couldn’t keep up & neither could Alonso. I think all the whining from McLaren & it’s fan have warped the reality that they have a solid race package.
Qualifying is still (for the moment) Red Bull territory & Hamilton did indeed get the maximum out of his car but I think Alonso got more out of his car in the race, which, in my view, is much more important.
d3v0 (@d3v0) said on 26th July 2011, 17:32
This must be the biggest landslide driver of the weekend in a long time!
Laranja Mecanica said on 26th July 2011, 19:11
Kamui the best
Fernando a close second
Would give a 24th to Lewis if he hadn’t bullied Vettel the way he did, so it’s much lower than that.
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) said on 26th July 2011, 19:28
What on earth are you talking about?
spankythewondermonkey (@spankythewondermonkey) said on 27th July 2011, 11:06
i think he’s talking about webber at turn 2. might be wrong, but i thought the closest SV got to LH was on the grid :-)
TribalTalker (@tribaltalker) said on 26th July 2011, 20:06
First, Lewis – because I’m a fan, because he was superb, because he didn’t throw his toys out of the pram like he can.
Second, Alonso. Respect! Even though I’m a Hamilton fan, you have to say that Alonso is astonishing, raced the socks off an improving car.
Third, Vettel – partly broken car, stuck with it and did well in front of a home crowd all expecting more than he could deliver. A hard situation for him and he coped really well, I thought.
Sutil impressed, as he often does.
Webber squandered second place. Bad luck? Yet again?
Rosberg quietly got on with it in a ropy car.
Schumi did well from poor qualifying, obviously over-driving to keep up with his (better-looking and faster) young team-mate.
Great weekend. More please!
SoLiDG (@solidg) said on 26th July 2011, 21:38
Hamilton hands down.
Again a fighting victory as in China. Great drive.
Shows why he is one of the top stars in f1!
MrZevon said on 26th July 2011, 21:45
In other news, HRT is getting ready for another smashing weekend at the Hungaroring…
http://yfrog.com/h4z7qplj
themagicofspeed (@) said on 27th July 2011, 10:58
+1..that made me chuckle. lol.
Boomerang said on 27th July 2011, 9:25
Podium says it all!
daykind said on 27th July 2011, 11:16
Who has tried to be funny and has voted for Vettel? ;)
Giverny (@giverny) said on 27th July 2011, 18:55
Lewis was awesome at the Nurgburgring. From lights out, he took control of the race as he let his driving do the talking in one of the most exciting races of the season so far. He was calm, confident and analytical in his approach to the race, silencing his critics and emerging victorious to prove yet again what a great F1 champion racer he is.
AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner) said on 27th July 2011, 22:55
A few good weekends all round.
Hamilton has this by a huge landslide, never seen it favour one driver so much, wow! A superb drive and a fantastic start.
Honourable mentions to Kobayashi and Sutil.