[Official] Rate the Race : Indian GP

[Bononi]

Let's rate this race...

[jimclark]

Errrrr...to what end?

[Bononi]

Originally Posted by jimclark

Errrrr...to what end?

Errrr... you don't have to, just walk away.

[brands]

Excellent first lap. 3 drivers fighting hard but clean.
For the next 59 laps there were a few easy DRS passes and little less.

Yet another new circuit that produces dull F1 races.


3.

[RichardRenes]

Race? what race? I gave it a 1 and even that was generous

[Paradise City]

Alonso - excellent moves at the start. Most of the rest of the racing was silly magic carpet racing. I'll give it a 4.

[jimclark]

Originally Posted by Bononi

Errrr... you don't have to, just walk away.

'Didn't mean to ruffle your feathers...

Methinks the majority of posts reinforce my point. It was nothing that needed any sort of rating. Nothing special one way or t'other....

[Lancsbreaker]

Only got some of the highlights as the satellite signal kept dropping out here in Tenerife, and lost the last four laps altogether, but I really didn't think it was that bad - some very good close racing early on, and some battles lower down the order...

[stripedcat]

I gave it a 4. I found it quite dreary for some reason. Okay, the start was pretty good - the Alonso, Hamilton and Button battle. But after that, only really the end where Alonso got past Webber and Hamilton started to catch him, was exciting. Other than that, the DRS passes were perhaps too easy.

[sparkione]

Originally Posted by stripedcat

...the DRS passes were perhaps too easy.

They're a joke. JB got a flier of a start but ultimately could do nothing about Lulu and Ferdy when they hit the DRS zone. Where are we at when it's actually better [I]not[I]to make a great start, hang back and let legally adjustable drag do it all for you.

[pauln]

Originally Posted by sparkione

They're a joke. JB got a flier of a start but ultimately could do nothing about Lulu and Ferdy when they hit the DRS zone. Where are we at when it's actually better [I]not[I]to make a great start, hang back and let legally adjustable drag do it all for you.

See also Raikkonen pulling off a good pass on Massa as he came out of the pits only to lose out to DRS. I do think it's a useful innovation that has it's place - I don't think it was in the right place for this race.

[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by sparkione

They're a joke. JB got a flier of a start but ultimately could do nothing about Lulu and Ferdy when they hit the DRS zone. Where are we at when it's actually better [I]not[I]to make a great start, hang back and let legally adjustable drag do it all for you.

I never liked DRS from the outset and the example you've given just goes to confirm what's wrong with DRS, afaIc. That was some excellent driving from Button, just to be taken away by the press of a button.

[nicanary]

I just had to add another comment. On the Nostalgia Forum they're constantly laughing at the F1 "fanboys" who get all worked up about modern GP races, arguing like numpties on Pistonheads with sometimes abusive language.

Out of curiosity, I just clicked-on and found two threads started today, one about the sanitisation of the circuits and the other about when will they stop watching F1. So even these guys, and some of them are nutters, are talking about how bad the whole thing has become. Will BCE realise this? Will he care?

Bernie seems hell-bent on getting developing nations interested in F1, but are the fans REALLY there? More empty stands yesterday....

[Tourer]

Gave it a 3. DRS setup meant that any driver wanting to get past another tended to push into the 1 second gap & then use DRS (some more successfully than others).

Produced some tension and had drivers pushing hard against each other but seemed pretty flat most of the time.

[Beetle]

A 1. Vettel won, absolutely predictable race, plus absolutely horrible air pollution (just terrible that people live in that stuff). Horrible race, never want to see it again. I'd give it a 0 if there was such a thing.

[GT6]

not a great race, very little to excite the race fan, gave it a average 5

[blaffer]

4.
Simply boring.

[strider]

Originally Posted by blaffer

4.
Simply boring.

I agree. The first lap was great, but after that I may as well have done something else and just checked in for the last few laps.

[alfettafan]

Lap one aside yet another Tilke-drome bore fest !!

[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by strider

I agree. The first lap was great, but after that I may as well have done something else and just checked in for the last few laps.

That's exactly what I did. Peering through the smog was quite entertaining, as I tried to see how full or empty the grandstands were.

The last two races have been very dull, on these sterile Tilkedromes, just hope Austin doesn't turn out to be another boring race. One.

[JeremySmith]

Originally Posted by strider

I agree. The first lap was great, but after that I may as well have done something else and just checked in for the last few laps.

Ditto, I watched the start and then worked in the garden. It would be nice if we could see the cars..

Filthy place, Boring race....I gave it a 5 and that is being generous..

[chillibowl]

while there were a few moments it was not a very exciting race but still im happy with what i got. never had 'high hopes' that it would be cracking and will look back on this race fondly because its only a matter of years where Bernie finds a way to turn the sprinklers on.

an average race so it starts with a five plus a point for Alonso keeping things interesting. 6

[IceMan_PJN]

It wasn't great but I've seen worse.

[QnickFTW]

4.

Alonso's battle with the Mclaren sandwich is most likely to be in every season highlight video, other than that Im not sure what I'll remember of this. I also kinda enjoyed how Grosjean and Senna made their way thru the midfield.

[Armco Bender]

I rated the smog a 9 and crossed India off places I want to visit.