[Antonio Nartea]

Best Driver:
Worst Driver:
Best Team:
Worst Team:
Best Overtake:
Best Funny-moment:
Most Surprising Result:
Least Surprising Result:
Special Mention to:
Race Rating: /10
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Best BBC/Sky commentator/presenter:
Worst BBC/Sky commentator/ presenter:
Best Commentary moment:
World feed rating: /10

[Antonio Nartea]

Best Driver: Alonso
Worst Driver: Gutierrez
Best Team: Ferrari (I was gonna say McLaren for nailng the strategy on Button’s car but…)
Worst Team: Williams (I haven’t seen a single glimpse of a FW35 all race, except for Bottas being a mobile chicane during the first stint)
Best Overtake: Massa on Hamilton, behind Alonso on the pit straight.
Best Funny-moment: Half the field being investigated for DRS use under yellows.
Most Surprising Result: Button 5th, Ricciardo 7th
Least Surprising Result: Webber’s DNF. I somehow expected that.
Special Mention to: Raikkonen, Hamilton, Vettel, Button, Ricciardo, Di Resta, Hulkenberg, Bianchi – all had a solid race.
Race Rating: 6.5/10
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World feed rating: 6.5/10 – once again, on thing missed here, one thing missed there, messy cut-offs and so on.

[Kingshark]

Best Driver: Fernando Alonso.
Worst Driver: Esteban Gutierrez.
Best Team: Ferrari.
Worst Team: Force India.
Best Overtake: Hamilton on Button around turn 1.
Best Funny-moment: Webber trying to take Vettel out with the wheel.
Most Surprising Result: A Red Bull and Toro Rosso crashing.
Least Surprising Result: Alonso on the podium.
Special Mention to: Kimi Raikkonen, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel. Also Daniel Ricciardo.
Race Rating: 8.5/10

[tmekt]

Best Driver: Jenson Button
Worst Driver: Esteban Gutierrez
Best Team: Ferrari – definitely the fastest car (well, for Alonso anyway), good work
Worst Team: Force India
Best Overtake: Hamilton on Button
Best Funny-moment: Webber’s wheel going across the track – twice!
Most Surprising Result: Vettel making a grave mistake on final lap, Maldonado finishing
Least Surprising Result: Perez being hands down beaten by Button
Special Mention to: Alonso, Räikkönen, Vettel
Race Rating: 9-/10
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World feed rating: 6/10 – missing some action, focusing on wrong things and a case of embarrassing camera work with one of the pit-stops

[RagingInferno]

Best Driver: Fernando Alonso – Worked his way through the traffic better than anyone else and kept his pace up, this rewarded him with a comfortable victory.
Worst Driver: Esteban Gutierrez – Got knocked out of qualifying in Q1 when the car was capable of making it to Q3 and then made a silly rookie error in the race.
Best Team: Ferrari – Pretty much faultless, the only criticism I can think of is that they probably should have pitted Massa earlier (maybe alongside Alonso) in the first stint.
Worst Team: Red Bull – I don’t think they made the most of their pace this weekend and made multiple mistakes which cost Webber a points finish.
Best Overtake: Massa on Hamilton – Opportunistic move from Massa that moved him up into a strong position and allowed him to challenge him teammate.
Best Funny-moment: Webber’s tyre going on a little journey.
Most Surprising Result: Ricciardo 8th – Didn’t expect to see him ahead of the Force India’s in the race.
Least Surprising Result: Button beating Perez again – I really hope Perez can pull it together or he’s not going to be at McLaren for long.
Special Mention to: Raikkonen for holding onto 2nd despite fairly severe front wing damage, Button on making his strategy work and Ricciardo on an overall strong performance.
Race Rating: 8/10

[Diceman]

Best Driver: Fernando Alonso – Well deserved win, no one really could challenge him.
Worst Driver: Esteban Gutierrez – Awful weekend until the crash with Adrian, which made it disaster.
Best Team: Ferrari – Fastest car of the race.
Worst Team: Williams – 3 races behind and still struggling so badly.
Best Overtake: Massa on Hamilton – Nice move that surpirsed Lewis totally.
Best Funny-moment: Webber’s wheel making a little journey.
Most Surprising Result: Ricciardo 7th – Usually he falls back in races, but not this time.
Least Surprising Result: Bianchi beating other backmarkers.
Special Mention to: The top 5 and Ricciardo, all of them had an awesome race.
Race Rating: 8/10

[mnmracer]

What did Button do that Vettel didn’t?

Best Driver: Alonso
Worst Driver: Gutierrez
Best Team: Ferrari
Worst Team: Force India
Best Overtake: Vettel on Massa
Best Funny-moment: Webber trying to aim his tyre at Vettel
Most Surprising Result: The gap from Alonso to 2nd and 3rd
Least Surprising Result: Alonso making the podium
Special Mention to: Räikkönen, Vettel
Race Rating: 8/10

[Master firelee]

Best Driver: F. Alonso
Worst Driver: E. Gutierrez
Best Team: Ferrari
Worst Team: Caterham
Best Overtake: Hamilton vs Button
Best Funny-moment: Webber deploying his wheel in an attempt to ruin Vettels race ;)
Most Surprising Result: Ricciardo 7th
Least Surprising Result: Alonso Podium
Special Mention to: Ricciardo, Bianchi, Hulkenburg.
Race Rating: 8/10

[DaveF1]

Best Driver: Alonso
Worst Driver: Gutierrez
Best Team: Ferrari
Worst Team: Williams
Best Overtake: Hamilton on Button
Best Funny-moment: Alonso: ‘I’m not pushing’ *sets fastest lap*
Most Surprising Result: Ricciardo
Least Surprising Result: Raikkonen
Special Mention to: Raikkonen, Hamilton, Vettel, Hulk and Ricciardo
Race Rating: 8/10

[matt90]

Best Driver: Alonso
Worst Driver: Gutierrez
Best Team: Ferrari
Worst Team: Williams (absolutely invisible)
Best Overtake:
Best Funny-moment: Webber’s wheel
Most Surprising Result: Ricciardo
Least Surprising Result: Vettel (based on his start position and strategy)
Special Mention to: Hamilton and Lotus
Race Rating: 7/10
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Best BBC/Sky commentator/presenter: Edwards
Worst BBC/Sky commentator/ presenter: Coulthard- he kept saying that Hamilton was the first Mercedes pole sitter since Moss, which is false. He then repeated it on the podium. I assume he meant first British driver, which is barely significant anyway considering the team has only had two other drivers in the intervening 58 years. Also on the podium he made a comment about Alonso and his girlfriend having a private celebration. Not sure if he intended it as it sounded, and it did make me laugh, but it was pretty inappropriate.
Best Commentary moment:
World feed rating: 6/10 cutaways sometimes came at irritating points. Early in the race, when Hamilton was being pressured, too long was spent on replays of the start. Slow-mos were nice but a bit out of place. Too long was spend watching Alonso cross the line when there was a close battle between Hamilton and Alonso.

[synapseza]

Best Driver: Alonso. No mistakes all race long. Clever overtakes using DRS to defend.
Worst Driver: Gutierrez – Poor quali and then ruined Sutil’s race.
Best Team: Ferrari.
Worst Team: Williams. Completely invisible throughout the race.
Best Overtake: Massa on Hamilton in turn 1.
Best Funny-moment: –
Most Surprising Result: Ricciardo’s 7th.
Least Surprising Result: Bianchi outclassing the other “new” team drivers again.
Special Mention to: Ricciardo and Bianchi.
Race Rating: 7/10
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Best BBC/Sky commentator/presenter: Martin Brundle
Worst BBC/Sky commentator/ presenter: Simon Lazenby
Best Commentary moment: Ted’s advice “Don’t drink and forklift”

[David-A]

Best Driver: Alonso
Worst Driver: Webber
Best Team: Ferrari
Worst Team: Red Bull
Best Overtake: Vettel on Massa
Best Funny-moment: Webber conspiracy theorists throughout the weekend
Most Surprising Result: Five champions in top five
Least Surprising Result: Massa off the pace
Special Mention to: Vettel’s late charge, Hulkenberg, Raikkonen, Button
Race Rating: 8/10

[Lin1876]

Best Driver: Alonso — imperious
Worst Driver: Guttierez (is that even the correct spelling?) — rookie error
Best Team: Ferrari — Massa unlucky to get done at the first stops
Worst Team: Williams — were they even in the race?
Best Overtake: Massa on Hamilton — superb opportunism
Best Funny-moment: “Don’t push”, “I’m not pushing”
Most Surprising Result: Mercedes behind the 8-ball after practice Ricciardo
Least Surprising Result: The top 3
Special Mention to: Hulkenburg — led the race and looked like he might be competing for big points
Race Rating: 7/10
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Best BBC/Sky commentator/presenter: Villeneuve (does that count?) — always have time for him
Worst BBC/Sky commentator/ presenter: Chandhok — doesn’t do it as well as Davidson/McNish
Best Commentary moment: Brundle stealing DC’s interview
World feed rating: 8/10

[Anonymous]

Best Driver: Alonso
Worst Driver: Gutierrez
Best Team: Toro Rosso
Worst Team: Red Bull
Best Overtake: Massa on Hamilton
Best Funny-moment: Alonso’s team radio
Most Surprising Result: Ricciardo
Least Surprising Result: Williams
Special Mention to: Ricciardo and Hulkenberg
Race Rating: 8/10

[Felipe Bomeny]

Best Driver: Fernando Alonso- completely outperformed Massa and delivered a strong showing.
Worst Driver: Esteban Gutierrez- struggled in qualifying and made a glaring rookie mistake, despite having a great start.
Best Team: Toro Rosso- lots of improvement from the Faenza. Vergne could have done better in the race if not for Webber’s antics.
Worst Team: Williams- completely anonymous.
Best Overtake: Massa on Hamilton
Best Funny-moment: di Resta: “I think a win was possible here; it’s just a shame Adrian compromised my race”
Most Surprising Result: Ricciardo
Least Surprising Result: Kimi and Alonso on the podium
Special Mention to: Ricciardo, Vettel
Race Rating: 7.5/10

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