2012 Singapore Grand Prix Awards (20 posts)

  • Profile picture of Dizzy-A Dizzy-A said 8 months ago:

    @mnmracer – I gotta agree with @kingshark on this one. I mean, I like Vettel more than I do Alonso as well, but Alonso has lost a chunk of points as well, and that can’t just be ignored.

  • Profile picture of UTBowler0407 UTBowler0407 said 8 months ago:

    Best Driver: Vettel, di Resta
    Worst Driver: Schumacher, Karthikeyan
    Best Team: McLaren (based on pace, not reliability)
    Worst Team: Williams
    Best Overtake: Massa on Senna
    Best Funny- moment: Button nearly hitting Vettel under the safety car, Massa’s pass on Senna, and of course “What happened there?!”
    Most Surprising Result: Paul di Resta nearly getting a podium
    Least Surprising Result: Karthikeyan crashing again.
    Special Mention to: Timo Glock and Marussia. Of course most of that was caused by car failures, collisions, punctures, etc., but 12th is still 12th.
    Race Rating: 5.5/10

  • Profile picture of Pamphlet Pamphlet said 8 months ago:

    Best Driver: Felipe Massa
    Worst Driver: Bruno Senna
    Best Team: Marussia (upgrades) / McLaren (pace)
    Worst Team: Caterham
    Best Overtake: Massa on Senna
    Best Funny- moment: “I hope that funny feeling that he’s talking about is that tonight’s gonna be a good night…” (among other quotes) – David Coulthard
    Most Surprising Result: Massa making it back into the points and almost catching Grosjean
    Least Surprising Result: Alonso benefitting from safety cars, being released in clean air and frontrunners retiring. It’s 2007 and 2010 all over again. Quite unsurprising to see so many uneducated people defend him again.
    Special Mention to: Marussia for being phenomenal, David Coulthard for being all-around great
    Race Rating: 8/10

  • Profile picture of mnmracer mnmracer said 8 months ago:

    @Kingshark @David-A
    So Belgium and Monza negate 24 successive races without car faillures?
    Do Belgium and Monza negate the 50+ and now 90+ points that Vettel and Hamilton have lost?
    Do Belgium and Monza negate that Räikkönen lost 42 more points than Alonso in 2005, or that Vettel lost 81 more points than Alonso in 2010?
    Do Belgium and Monza negate the 7 wins Alonso has picked up because the race leaders were caught with misfortune, and only lost one?

    I would like to see a season where Alonso is fighting for the championship because he is the fastest driver, not because he is lucky enough to drive bullet-proof cars. So yes, when yet again one of Alonso’s close competitors face misfortune while Alonso picks up the pieces, I do not find it a surprising result.

  • Profile picture of Kingshark Kingshark said 8 months ago:

    So Belgium and Monza negate 24 successive races without car faillures?

    Or 24 races without any crucial mistakes.

    Do Belgium and Monza negate the 50+ and now 90+ points that Vettel and Hamilton have lost?

    It doesn’t change the fact that he had to drive a dog of a car for the first four races either. Frankly, even now, while Ferrari have had a good car since Spain it hasn’t necessary been the best either.

    Do Belgium and Monza negate that Räikkönen lost 42 more points than Alonso in 2005

    Once again you continue to ignore that Mclaren was much faster than Renault in 2005, often by over half a second. Fisichella only managed 3 podiums that season.

    or that Vettel lost 81 more points than Alonso in 2010?

    Again, see above.

    I can’t believe you consider Alonso fortunate for gaining perhaps 25% victories in his career throughout others misfortunes, but Vettel isn’t lucky to be gifted a dominant Newey car 2 consecutive seasons.

    I would like to see a season where Alonso is fighting for the championship because he is the fastest driver, not because he is lucky enough to drive bullet-proof cars. So yes, when yet again one of Alonso’s close competitors face misfortune while Alonso picks up the pieces, I do not find it a surprising result.

    2006 bro, watch 2006. He beat Schumacher in give or take equal cars, fair and square, despite losing equal or more points that season. Why? Because unlike Schumi, he didn’t make any mistakes.

    That’s just the driver he is.

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