Sebastian Vettel
Q:
10 | R:
10 | Average:
10 | F1R:
10
The retirement wasn't his fault at all, the safety car caught him at a very inopportune moment and, prior to all of that, he was demolishing the field. And that's without mentioning his amazing Q3 lap. Giving him anything other than a 10 would not exactly be fair for anyone. Except, of course, the Webber circlejerkers.
Best Driver
Mark Webber
Q:
N/A | R:
9 | Average:
9 | F1R:
9
You don't just go from 19th to 4th and get away with it. Even with all the retirements and incidents. Much like Alonso, however, he was massively lucky. Couldn't beat Schumacher in a better car, so he doesn't get a 10.
Lewis Hamilton
Q:
9 | R:
8.5 | Average:
8.75->
9 | F1R:
9
Unfortunate with the pit stop, and considering the circumstances (Macca not exactly being all that good anymore) he put in a great Q3 time, but for once, the phrase "Hamilton's fault" can be used in a proper situation. He pushed Maldonado off the track and suffered the consequences. Fully deserved it. I still feel really sorry for him though. Should have won that. The pit crew screwed him up yet again. The only thing that's stopping me from giving him full marks is the incident with Maldonado.
Jenson Button
Q:
7 | R:
3 | Average:
5 | F1R:
4
So many incidents happening in front of him, plus a safety car, and yet all he can manage (with a Macca, no less) is a P8? He was being beaten by goddamn Massa. MASSA.
Fernando Alonso
Q:
8 | R:
10 | Average:
9 | F1R:
10
I don't know who I should blame for his Q2 exit, especially as he only missed out by .004s, but anyone saying he wasn't lucky is worthy of a RotR nomination. Even so, that was a stupendously brilliant drive. That undercut was a thing of the Gods, I tell you.
Felipe Massa
Q:
8 | R:
5 | Average:
6.5->
7 | F1R:
6
Ngh. What are you doing, Felipe. I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt for only getting beaten by .07s in Q2, not to mention that his collision with Kobayashi greatly damaged his car, but even before that he wasn't exactly doing anything impressive. Admittedly, according to Ferrari he suffered damage to the rear of the car around lap 6, which was causing him to lose a second per lap. Not sure if I'm willing to believe that, although it
does look like he had major issues with the medium compound, so it might be true after all. And sure enough, according to the lap charts he was matching Alonso on pace until he suffered that damage, so I guess he deserves more.
Michael Schumacher
Q:
7 | R:
10 | Average:
8.5->
9 | F1R:
10
GLORIOUS. I burst into tears when he passed Maldonado. This is what happens when everyone suffers the same bad luck he does. Fully deserved his podium finish.
Nico Rosberg
Q:
8 | R:
6 | Average:
7 | F1R:
6
Where was he? He was barely staying faster than Michael, and yet he had to stop an extra time...?
Kimi Raikkonen
Q:
8.5 | R:
7.5 | Average:
8 | F1R:
8
Hamilton schooled him. Acting like a fraidy cat won't get you anywhere, and I'm saying this as someone who hates on-track aggression.
Romain Grosjean
Q:
9 | R:
9.5 | Average:
9.25->
9 | F1R:
9
I screamed in joy when his car failed. He lucked out almost as much as Alonso did with that safety car, and seemed to lack pace compared to both Vettel and Alonso despite having clean air.
Paul di Resta
Q:
8.5 | R:
8 | Average:
8.25->
8 | F1R:
8
Made the 1-stopper work. Rather surprised by that, considering how much he was dropping back at the end of the first stint.
Nico Hulkenberg
Q:
8 | R:
8.5 | Average:
8.25->
8 | F1R:
8
Had a much clearer strategy than his teammate, and it worked.
Kamui Kobayashi
Q:
9 | R:
1 | Average:
5 | F1R:
2
Initially had great pace, but then he ruined the races of both Senna and Massa. Fully deserves the penalty.
Worst Driver
Sergio Perez
Q:
6 | R:
7 | Average:
6.5->
7 | F1R:
7
Lacked pace all throughout. Nothing else to say.
Daniel Ricciardo
Q:
7 | R:
9 | Average:
8 | F1R:
9
Between him and Petrov, I don't know who to blame for that incident. They ruined each other's races. What a shame. According to F1Fanatic he had better pace than Perez, Rosberg, Button and a whole slew of other drivers
in a Toro Rosso, so how others can only give him a rating of 5 or lower is way beyond me.
Jean-Eric Vergne
Q:
6 | R:
2 | Average:
4 | F1R:
3
Piss poor, and the incident was his fault.
Pastor Maldonado
Q:
10 | R:
7.5 | Average:
8.75->
9 | F1R:
9
Unfortunate at the end. Not the greatest pace though.
Bruno Senna
Q:
6 | R:
2 | Average:
4 | F1R:
3
Doesn't deserve his seat at all, but this time the collision really wasn't his fault. That penalty was laughable. Nevertheless, he had NO pace whatsoever, not even compared to Maldonado, who was also struggling.
Heikki Kovalainen
Q:
9 | R:
7 | Average:
8 | F1R:
8
A seemingly good weekend, hampered by a KERS failure and Vergne. Unfortunate, but then Petrov suffered some bad luck as well, so I can't give Heikki that much credit.
Vitaly Petrov
Q:
7 | R:
9 | Average:
8 | F1R:
9
As I said, I don't know who to blame for that incident. Damn shame. Would've been terrific to see him score a point. (which he might've, considering the incident at the end!)
Pedro de la Rosa
Q:
8 | R:
7 | Average:
7.5->
8 | F1R:
8
Invisible. But then that's what you're doomed to be when you're driving an HRT.
Narain Karthikeyan
Q:
7 | R:
5 | Average:
6 | F1R:
5
Had some hilarious(ly bad) moments. At least he learned his lesson and moved out of the way of Hamilton and Maldonado instead of causing them a puncture like he did with Vettel.
Timo Glock
Q:
Out cold. | R:
Out cold. | Average:
Out cold.->
Out cold. | F1R:
Out cold.
Out cold.
Charles Pic
Q:
6 | R:
5 | Average:
5.5->
6 | F1R:
5
That stupid overtaking attempt cost him and Narain a good bit of time. Didn't see much of him otherwise.