Rate the British GP

[Gerben24]

I don't like to get involved to much in these kind of threads, it's a lot of mud throwing if you ask me, but here are my 2 cents...

After every race I see people rating the GP as a 10 and I wonder what is wrong with them. Yes, we've had a few good GP's, but they only become entertaining when a safety car gets involved or when the weather causes havoc. Otherwise it's still pretty boring, which I think is a shame. There are a lot of other types of racing, who are a lot more entertaining. If you like all the phoneyness that comes with such a commercial circus, I suppose each F1 GP can be rated as a 10!

Originally Posted by ensign14

When Raikkonen got onto the "right" tyres on lap 31 Hamilton was faster than KR on 5 of the 7 laps. Kimi's "wins" were by mere tenths; Hamilton was four seconds quicker on two of them.

And Hamilton was between 1.5 and 4 seconds per lap quicker on 8 of the 10 laps after their lap 39 stops when their strategies meshed.

It was obvious Hamilton could handle the wetter conditions much better than KR.

Wasn't that KR's final stop? Didn't he have another 30 laps to go after that? That counts for something. Hamilton was the right winner though! However, if the others hadn't made so many mistakes, he wouldn't have won with a 1 minute lead.

What I find a shame is that the cars can't be altered to a wet weather setting after qualifying has finished.

I don't believe Massa is as bad in the rain as his performance made us believe. It must have had something to do with his car set-up. Wasn't he one of the quickest when it was almost dry (but still greasy)? It would mean his car was set up for dry-ish weather conditions.

[Dutton]

It wasn't a 9 or a 10 for me. Wet weather always makes things more unpredictable, and all that, but not necessarily a great race. I don't think the GP was a classic. It was certainly a race well worth watching, no doubt, but I just don't think it had the marks of greatness (for me, a mark of 9 or 10 indicates this).

I've been thnking about my mark since the race finished. It's basically been a battle between 7 and 8 (I would put down 7.5 if I could, thus I have been figuring whether to round down or up).

If all things other than Lewis' dominance remained the same (that is, if Lewis won but was significantly less dominant), then it would be a 7. However, Lewis was that dominant: it wasn't an epic drive, IMO, but it was a mighty fine performance; therefore, I suggest, Lewis' performance was the one standout aspect of the race - this factor is going to make me round-up.

An 8 for me.

[Meroo]

9. Good entertainment.

[P.L.Green]

9, the most entertaining race so far. Not a 10 because I prefer to think that something better is still to come................

[Down F0rce]

9. I thoroughly enjoyed being there for this classic race.

[Chatters]

I was going to vote 1, just to be different, until I realised this was a public poll...

Adri and Splatz, what race were you watching??

[Clive]

I'll give it an 8 as there was a lot going on and some cracking drives by a few drivers, as well as some howlers of mistakes by others who gave the impression they had never driven in the wet before (and before anyone says it they probably still did a better job than I could). Good result and well deserved by the best driver on the day.

[ensign14]

Originally Posted by Chatters

I was going to vote 1, just to be different, until I realised this was a public poll...

Adri and Splatz, what race were you watching??

I have no idea why adri_tifosi would think the race a bust.

[JimW]

Originally Posted by Splatz the Cow

I thought it was a dreadful race that was spoilt by the weather. Most of the drivers could see jack, and if you weren't on the front row you may as well put the thing in the pits.

Remind me again which row Hamilton was on?

Wet weather driving may be only one of the skill sets which we could identify in a first rate driver but he certainly seems to have it.

Jim

[mattt]

9, if it had been dry above me but the same weather conditions everywhere else, it would have been a 10