Mid-season awards (32 posts)

  • Profile picture of Kingshark Kingshark said 10 months, 2 weeks ago:

    OK, so Summer has started for only about 10 days and I’m already bored. With us being 9 races into the season, and only 11 races to go. We are, give or take, mid-way a thrilling season. I don’t want to wait another two weeks to do these awards, so I’ll do them now.

    Best driver:
    Worst driver:
    Best team:
    Worse team:
    Most improved driver:
    Least improved driver:
    Most improved team:
    Least improved team:
    Best rookie:
    Best race:
    Worse race:
    Best performance:
    Best season moment:
    Best overtaking move:
    Disappointment of the year:
    Flop of the year:

    Season rating:
    Championship rating:

    Constructors champion?
    Drivers champion?

  • Profile picture of Kingshark Kingshark said 10 months, 2 weeks ago:

    In my opinion:

    Best driver: Fernando Alonso
    Worst driver: Narain Kartikeyan
    Best team: Red Bull
    Worse team: HRT
    Most improved driver: Sergio Perez
    Least improved driver: Felipe Massa
    Most improved team: Williams
    Least improved team: Mclaren
    Best rookie: Romain Grosjean
    Best race: European GP (I thought I’d never say this!)
    Worse race: Monaco GP
    Best performance: Alonso at Malaysia
    Best season moment: Rosberg winning his first race for me.
    Best overtaking move: Alonso around Grosjean at the restart in Valencia.
    Disappointment of the year: Jenson Button
    Flop of the year: Bruno Senna

    Season rating: 10
    Championship rating: 8

    Constructors champion? Red Bull Racing
    Drivers champion? Fernando Alonso

  • Profile picture of duncanmonza duncanmonza said 10 months, 2 weeks ago:

    I was going to do it, but all of mine are exactly the same as yours anyway.

  • Profile picture of James James said 10 months, 2 weeks ago:

    Disappointment of the year has to be the way Mclaren have gone backwards, from having the best car at Melbourne to what they currently have now…4th in constructors says it all, to not take advantage really has been a huge disappointment, Hamilton should of had a decent lead by now, if it wasn’t for silly mistakes by Mclaren…

  • Profile picture of Prisoner Monkeys Prisoner Monkeys said 10 months, 2 weeks ago:

    Best driver: Romain Grosjean
    Worst driver: Bruno Senna
    Best team: Ferrari
    Worst team: Williams
    Most improved driver: Sergio Perez
    Least improved driver: Bruno Senna
    Most improved team: Lotus/Renault
    Least improved team: Toro Rosso
    Best rookie: Romain Grosjean
    Best race: Valencia
    Worse race: Monaco
    Best performance: Lotus F1
    Best season moment: Everyone suddenly realising they have a chance to win in Valencia
    Best overtaking move: Alonso passing Grosjean at the Valencia restart
    Disappointment of the year: Caterham still haven’t cracked the points
    Flop of the year: Bruno Senna

    Season rating: 8/10 – I was hoping for more front-runners in the title fight
    Championship rating: 9/10 – with half the season over, it still could go any number of ways

    Constructors champion – Red Bull
    Drivers champion – Fernando Alonso

  • Profile picture of Browny Browny said 10 months, 2 weeks ago:

    Best driver: Fernando Alonso
    Worst driver: Bruno Senna
    Best team: Lotus
    Worse team: McLaren
    Most improved driver: Mark Webber
    Least improved driver: Kamiu Kobayshi
    Most improved team: Lotus
    Least improved team: Toro Rosso
    Best rookie: Romain Grosjean
    Best race: European Grand Prix
    Worse race: Bahrain Grand Prix (shouldn’t have ever happened)
    Best performance: Pirelli and their tyres
    Best season moment: Rosberg’s victory in China, long overdue
    Best overtaking move: Grosjean overtake on Hamilton at Valencia
    Disappointment of the year: Maldonaldo, wins a race, then crashes out of every other one
    Flop of the year: Schumacher’s Mercedes car

    Season rating: 9.5/10
    Championship rating: 9.5/10

    Constructors champion? Red Bull
    Drivers champion? Fernando Alonso

  • Profile picture of Zantkiller Zantkiller said 10 months, 2 weeks ago:

    Best driver: Alonso
    Worst driver: Maldonado
    Best team: Red Bull
    Worse team: HRT
    Most improved driver: Sergio Perez
    Least improved driver: Felipe Massa
    Most improved team: Williams
    Least improved team: McLaren
    Best rookie: Romain Grosjean
    Best race: Valencia
    Worse race: Monaco
    Best performance: Alonso
    Best season moment: Rosberg’s win
    Best overtaking move: -
    Disappointment of the year: Jenson Button
    Flop of the year: McLaren Pit crew

    Season rating: 9/10
    Championship rating: 9/10

    Constructors champion: Red Bull
    Drivers champion: Too unpredictable but Alonso does look good for it.

  • Profile picture of Kingshark Kingshark said 10 months, 2 weeks ago:

    For clarification and to avoid any confusion; there is indeed a difference between the season rating and the championship rating.

    Season rating → How good is the racing?
    Championship rating → How exciting is the championship?

    For example, 2007 had horrible racing but a brilliant championship. 2011 was the exact opposite. This season however, in my opinion we’ve got the best of both sides. :)

  • Profile picture of Macca Macca said 10 months, 2 weeks ago:

    Best driver: Fernando Alonso
    Worst driver: Jenson Button
    Best team: Red Bull Racing
    Worse team: HRT
    Most improved driver: Sergio Perez
    Least improved driver: Vitaly Petrov
    Most improved team: Williams
    Least improved team: HRT
    Best rookie: Romain Grosjean
    Best race: European GP
    Worse race: Spanish GP
    Best performance: Webber in the European GP
    Best season moment: 7 winners in the first 7 races
    Best overtaking move: Alonso passing Grosjean at the Valencia restart
    Disappointment of the year: Pastor Maldonado
    Flop of the year: McLarens developments

    Season rating: 8/10
    Championship rating: 8/10

    Constructors champion? Red Bull Racing
    Drivers champion? Mark Webber

  • Profile picture of the_sigman the_sigman said 10 months, 2 weeks ago:

    Best driver: Fernando Alonso, in the first 4 races he had a very bad car, but he is leading the championship
    Worst driver: Narain Karthikeyan, nowhere near de la Rosa and he is every time last
    Best team: Ferrari, they have made big progress throughout the season
    Worse team: HRT, Marussia have passed them
    Most improved driver: Sergio Perez, two podiums
    Least improved driver: Kamui Kobayashi, he is miles behind his teammate
    Most improved team: Williams, consistent in the points, plus a win
    Least improved team: Toro Rosso, Caterham will soon pass them
    Best rookie: Romain Grosjean, 2 podiums, tied in performance with Raikkonen (if he counts, if not it’s Pic, because he has passed Glock a few times)
    Best race: Valencia, who would think about it before the race?
    Worse race: Monaco
    Best performance: Pirelli
    Best season moment: Schumi crying about his podium
    Best overtaking move: Alonso on Grosjean at Valencia
    Disappointment of the year: Felipe Massa
    Flop of the year: Schumacher’s car reliability
    EXTRA: Drive of the year: Alonso – Valencia

    Season rating: 9/10
    Championship rating: 10/10

    Constructors champion? Red Bull
    Drivers champion? Fernando Alonso

  • Profile picture of Kingshark Kingshark said 10 months, 2 weeks ago:

    EXTRA: Drive of the year: Alonso – Valencia

    That’s actually what performance of the year is suppose to be. Ah well, I guess I’m not very good at clarifying a meaning. :|

  • Profile picture of the_sigman the_sigman said 10 months, 2 weeks ago:

    @kingshark : Sorry mate. At the start Ithou it was what you meant but then I saw the others best performance and I saw what they had and wrote about Pirelli. My fault, I must learn not relying on others about understanding things

  • Profile picture of Todfod Todfod said 10 months, 2 weeks ago:

    Best driver: Fernando Alonso. Hands down the class of the field this year.
    Worst driver: Karthikeyan. People could argue whether he deserved a spot on the grid in 2005.. but no one defend that statement right now. Some drivers just aren’t f1 material, and Karthikeyan is a shining example.
    Best team: Red Bull
    Worse team: HRT
    Most improved driver: Mark Webber. Definitely a huge improvement from last season
    Least improved driver: Glock
    Most improved team: Williams. No doubt about it
    Least improved team: Ferrari
    Best rookie: Grosjean
    Best race: Valencia GP. Never thought I would pick this GP in a million years!
    Worse race: Monaco
    Best performance: Hamilton in Canada
    Best season moment: Alonso’s celebrations in Valencia
    Best overtaking move: Di Resta on 2 drivers in Spain i think
    Disappointment of the year: Kimi Raikkonnen.. I expected him to have got a win after a stellar start
    Flop of the year: Jenson Button.

    Season rating: 8.5
    Championship rating: 9.5

    Constructors champion? Red Bull
    Drivers champion? Fernando Alonso

  • Profile picture of andae23 andae23 said 10 months, 2 weeks ago:

    Best driver: Fernando Alonso – without a doubt
    Worst driver: Bruno Senna – not anywhere near his teammate.
    Best team: McLaren – not because of their drivers, but looking at technical innovation they have been the leading team by a long way.
    Worst team: HRT – have been more busy Spanifying their team than actually improving their performance: the car must be the least inspired design of the last 10 year.
    Most improved driver: Romain Grosjean – great driver
    Least improved driver: Jenson Button – what happened to him?
    Most improved team: Williams
    Least improved team: HRT again
    Best rookie: ‘rookie’ Grosjean
    Best race: Valencia
    Worst race: Bahrain – for political reasons
    Best performance: Pastor Maldonado in Spain
    Best season moment: Alonso’s Valencia celebration
    Best overtaking move: Grosjean on Hamilton in Valencia
    Disappointment of the year: Jenson Button
    Flop of the year: McLaren

    Season rating: 7 – exiting, but it has become a bit too Las Vegas for me.
    Championship rating: 9 – impossible to say who will lead in three races time

    Constructors champion? Red Bull
    Drivers champion? Fernando Alonso would be great!

  • Profile picture of Slr Slr said 10 months, 2 weeks ago:

    Best driver: Fernando Alonso
    Worst driver: Bruno Senna
    Best team: Red Bull
    Worse team: McLaren
    Most improved driver: Sergio Perez
    Least improved driver: Jenson Button
    Most improved team: Sauber
    Least improved team: McLaren
    Best rookie: Romain Grosjean
    Best race: Europe
    Worse race: Canada
    Best performance: Pastor Maldonado in Spain
    Best season moment: Schumacher back on the podium
    Best overtaking move: Alonso on Grosjean
    Disappointment of the year: DRS still overpowered at most race
    Flop of the year: Bruno Senna

    Season rating: 8
    Championship rating: 9

    Constructors champion? Red Bull
    Drivers champion? Fernando Alonso

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