Poll Out of ten - 2012 European Grand Prix

[mjo]

What a peculiar race. Remember vote only on the entertainment.

 

[teabagyokel]

9.

Much better than the -3 obtained by the other street circuit!

 

[Jos the Boss]

9, best race of the season so far, and Schumi's on the podium, it will be an 8 if he's not on though!

 

[Jen]

8 - a high score for Valencia - maybe why it is so high!

 

[Josh]

9. Not quite perfect but very exciting and the best race of the season so far (for me).

 

[Speshal]

8 from me, it had a bit of thrills n' spills about it but that made it all the more entertaining.

 

[ExtremeNinja]

Despite my feelings on the outcome and the conduct of one of the drivers, this was one of the best races I have ever seen. Ironically, I won't remember it fondly.

 

[Fenderman]

I had to give this year's Valencia an 8 because of the immense improvement in spectacle over its previous performances.

 

[gethinceri]

I've seen better races, many of them in fact. But it's still a 10 from me.

 

[FB]

7 from me, much better than I expected

 

[GeoffP]

5 from me - more than I was expection to score, but what entertainment there was was the result of failure, mistakes and the restrictions of the circuit and rule book.

Better is good, the race was not - still, delighted to see Schumi getting on the podium again, disgusted to see Maldonado demonstrating once again that his outlook and driving style is representative of a different formula of racing.

 

[F1ang-o]

An 8........ I was enjoying it until Macca botched LH pitstop & next to last lap, Maldonutted LH out of the race.
Three Ferrari drivers/ex on podium, Michael was so chuffed, Kimi as always...great bloke, & fantastic drive from Fernando he has really made the most of Mclarens mistakes..... again ,& what a gain leading the WDC...
Quote of the day for me...post race from Kimi
He was asked "Could you have won this race?"..he replied "Well we didn't, so there is no point in discussing it"...

 

[Abnash24]

9-Would have been higher and i was loving how everyone was racing at every possible corner and how everyone in front of Hamilton was dropping out, moving him up but when he got 'Maldonutted' i realised how crap everyone feels after doing so well. Vettels super frustration that his 22 second lead and then his whole lead went, Grosjeans brilliant 2nd gone, Hamiltons 3rd or 4th gone.

 

[gdeacon7]

I went with 9 for entertainment value, but it's worth remembering that a lot of the excitement in the race was the product of failures. Near the half way point, Brundle remarked that Vettel's commanding lead was very 2011-esque. Were it not for 2 mechanical failures and a safety car period, I suspect the race would have been much less exciting. Then of course there were the 3 or 4 racing incidents/crashes which gave us plenty to talk about.

 

[Mephistopheles]

8 extremely entertaining from start to finish for once Valencia delivered..

 

[Abnash24]

General Consensus: The craziness of the race made it one of the best of the season

 

[FB]

Is it safe to say we like unpredictability? Imagine if Lewis' tyres had gone off 5 laps earlier and Kimi had been chasing Alonso down to the line.

If ifs and buts....

 

[F1ang-o]

That would have been brilliant for Kimi....but as he said.."no point discussing it"

 

[ZakspeedYakspeed]

Solid 8/10

Never thought a track like Valencia could have produced a race like this... tip of the hat to the weather and Pirelli...

 

[Dizzi]

7 for me, it exceeded expectation.
Some good overtaking, some very bad attempts at overtaking, a couple of mechanical retirements & the local boy coming through to win & celebrating with the crowds.
If Valencia is noted for being a boring race it bodes well for the rest of the season.
I for one am loving the unpredictability - perhaps we'll see different winners in double figures by the end...Kimi at Spa anyone??!