F1 Fanatic

The second half

I’d have to say the biggest disappointment has been the lack of a championship fight. With Vettel only leading the championship for the first time when he won the championship, 2010 was always going to be a hard act to follow. But while the racing has been good this year, there’s been absolutely no title fight when the Pirelli tyres and DRS promised a lot; we’ve gone from one extreme to the other.

Williams – They used to own this sport!
Renault – So much promise, so little return and no I don’t blame the drivers
Mercedes – Ross Braun, only great when surrounded by great people???
Ferrari – The once leaders of the pack, now the leaders of copycat.

Webber – Highly rated by myself, psychologically outdone himself
Hamilton – Spoilt Kids have always struggled to mature
Maldonado – Ok his car is not great, but at least the Hulk scored a pole!
Missed Kubica, Didn’t miss Heidfeld
Missed The Hulk he could of driven two cars in one race better than Barrichello and Maldonado
Overrated Adrain Sutils’ inconsistant drives
Massa – I still think he’s is better than most give him credit for
Michael Schumacher still trying to force his way round the track

FIA’s inability to broadcast more team radio.
Steward’s slow reactions to penalties.
Mid year rule changes. Silverstone
Direction changes on race starts, Vettel needs a steering lock down to the first corner
OneHd broadcast….. BBC sellout and of course Sky

Oh it’s so easy to sit on the fence, another great year in F1 i say

While I understand those who’ve identified Ferrari as the biggest disappointment, I see their problems resulting from being faced with the Red Bull juggarnaut. I believe that’s why they’ve swapped (perhaps less regularly than desired) next-best status with McLaren this year.

My biggest disappointment — Williams.

Biggest driver disappointment — No F1 drive for Nico Hulkenburg; he deserves one (I just rewatched his qualifying and drive at Interlagos last year; he needs to be on the grid).

Hamilton. Even when it isn’t his fault at all or it’s marginal, I still bang my head against the wall out of despair.

Vettel. I enjoyed disliking him last year and him being scrappy- partly because when he caused incidents I could continue disliking him, and partly because it meant he didn’t build up too much of a lead. I have not enjoyed his dominance or how he has evolved from fast but sloppy (still wouldn’t begrudge him being world champion last year though) to a great racer.

Johnny Herbert!! I vaguely recall him making a dodgy stewarding decision at the last race he wad appointed driver steward. What a c*ck!

The driver I have found to be most disappointing is Mark Webber, he has struggled to beat McLaren and Ferrari let alone his own team mate. Webber should at least have backed up Vettel with numerous one-two finishes, and at least beat him occassionally rather than just once.

Massa has also been disappointing, he is getting the minimum expected results from his Ferrari which is usually 6th place. Sometimes he has fell below the minimum expectations of where he should finish. If both Massa and Webber continue there bad form throughout 2012, Ferrari and Red Bull should drop them for 2013.

Hamilton has also disappointed me, everytime he seems to come back from a bad run of form, he ends up returning to that previous form. He has had great race in China, Germany and South Korea, but it was painful to watch him in races like Monaco, Canada, Japan and India. Hopefully can rediscover his best form. I’d hate to see him leave F1 with just a single championship to his name.

I haven’t found anyone else that disappointing this year, everyone else seems to have met the level I believe they should be performing at. Drivers like Senna, Barrichello and Trulli haven’t been great either, but I didn’t expect them to perform well anyway.