2012 Australian GP: PH Man of the Race

[Jungles]

So, who was the stand-out? (poll question)

And who was the loser of the race?

My picks: Perez for Man of the Race (last to 8th), and Massa for Loser of the Race.

[IainT]

Have to agree with you on both counts.

[Mojocvh]

Don't understand why you have limited our choices to-YOUR choices?

Kimi gets my vote for best radio call of the day..."why are they flashing blue lights at me"

[elster]

I would go for Raikkonen, Perez or Kobayashi

[AndrewW-G]

Button, Alonso, Kimi, in that order. Alonso and Kimi both proving that the difference between a good world champion and a great one, is the ability to get the best out of a poor package / circumstances

[IainT]

Mojocvh said:

Don't understand why you have limited our choices to-YOUR choices?

True - all drivers should be in there.

[RicksAlfas]

I don't like the guy but I thought Maldonado did extremely well and it was great to see a Williams up near the front.
My vote is for Perez though. Started last on the grid, had to nurse his tyres but put in a great race.

[TheHeretic]

Well, difficult one. Button dominated from the get go, but had no tribulations. Perez for me was the 'how the fook did he manage that' drive of the day, and Kimi did well from a crappy qual position, showing his class.

I still voted Button though.

[Asterix]

Button for me as well - commanded the race and showed that he had plenty of reserves by popping in some very fast laps when needed.

Great race for Perez and it was also great to see a Williams much closer to the pointy end.

Massa - doesn't deserve a drive in a Ferrari anymore.

[Mini1275]

Alonso for me, he outperformed the car by a large margin.

[998420]

Massa was so bad he will not finish the season if he has a few more races like that.

I do not think alonso did anything special, it was just that Massa was by a long way the worst driver out there. Some, no, make that all of the "pay drivers" are better than him, Perez and Maldonado looking especially good.

Hamilton drove fine, but was slightly slower than Jenson off the line and then unlucky with the safety car and Vettel, no big problem, but he seemed very quiet afterwards.

[Hunky Dory]

Perez or Kobayashi for me.

Button did really well and I'm sure I underestimate how hard it is driving a managed, controlled race out front, but my selfish votes go to the ones that were more enjoyable to watch!

[stephen300o]

Probably Kamui Kobayashi for sheer entertainment.
From those listed I went with Alonso, that car is horrible at the moment.

Edited by stephen300o on Sunday 18th March 13:34

[CurvaParabolica]

Perez for me; last to 8th (and wasn't he running 2nd during the first round of pit stops?) takes some doing; the guy can really look after his tyres well. I was gutted for Pastor/Williams when he stuffed it on the last lap. Alonso did well to fight at the front as well.

[stephen300o]

Shame about Maldonardo but, he did take out Grosjean.

[Aydogflipper]

I voted for button. He was fantastic today, great launch to take the lead at the start, got the jump at the restart and controlled the pace comfortably at the front.

Maldonado was second and then Alonso, that car looks a real handful.

[Vocal Minority]

Perez and Alono were both very, very impressive.

But Button just smashed it. Took his chance, bossed the race, and clearly had pace in the tank (whipping 0.5 seconds off the fastest lap at the death). Would have been 15-20 seconds out front without the safety car.

[Use Psychology]

i cannot beleive this is 60 % button and only 8 % alonso.

alonso did a great job, JB did a simple lights to flag victory - the winner was decided by the time the two mclarens got to the first corner.

[Rigbyy]

Gaz. said:

Alonso, he comprehensively out performed his team mate, who was the worst man of the race.

But so did I and I dont race!

[IainT]

Rigbyy said:

Gaz. said:

Alonso, he comprehensively out performed his team mate, who was the worst man of the race.

But so did I and I dont race!

Harsh but fair!