My inbox has literally been flooded with zero messages asking me where oh where the rookie championship has gone. Well I'd sort of been to lazy to do it. However back by unpopular demand here is your latest update and it seems whilst its been away its got quite exciting.
Giedo Van Der Garde has defied the odds and taken a win in both race(Hungary) and quali (Belgium) and has managed to move past both Marussia drivers in the quali and overall championships however despite scoring 4 podiums in a row before Japan he still sits 5th and bottom of the race championship. In the overall championship Van Der Garde leads Bianchi by just 3 points. Maybe that's why they ended up hitting each other off the start in Japan today. Chilton just had a double podium weekend and is clinging on to them as best as he can.
Its the front where it got busy though. Guttierrez has fought back with 5 wins in a row in the race over Bottas but his qualifying has been less consistant and despite now having a far superior car to Bottas still ended up second to him in quali for Japan. Bottas still leads all 3 championships but the race one by just a mere point. Your money would be on Guttierrez shooting past him before the season is out and taking the rookie of the year title but you just never know.
Quali Championship:
Bottas - 119pts
Guttierrez - 108pts
Van Der Garde - 56pts
Bianchi - 47pts
Chilton - 38pts
Race Championship:
Bottas - 108pts
Guttierrez - 107pts
Bianchi - 49pts
Chilton - 46pts
Van Der Garde - 43pts
Overall Championship:
Bottas - 227pts
Guttierrez - 215pts
Van Der Garde - 99pts
Bianchi - 96pts
Chilton - 84pts
Thoughts? Is Bottas your rookie of the year? Surprised that Van Der Garde is lagging so much on race results or that Bianchi actually doesn't measure up too much better than Chilton?
Giedo Van Der Garde has defied the odds and taken a win in both race(Hungary) and quali (Belgium) and has managed to move past both Marussia drivers in the quali and overall championships however despite scoring 4 podiums in a row before Japan he still sits 5th and bottom of the race championship. In the overall championship Van Der Garde leads Bianchi by just 3 points. Maybe that's why they ended up hitting each other off the start in Japan today. Chilton just had a double podium weekend and is clinging on to them as best as he can.
Its the front where it got busy though. Guttierrez has fought back with 5 wins in a row in the race over Bottas but his qualifying has been less consistant and despite now having a far superior car to Bottas still ended up second to him in quali for Japan. Bottas still leads all 3 championships but the race one by just a mere point. Your money would be on Guttierrez shooting past him before the season is out and taking the rookie of the year title but you just never know.
Quali Championship:
Bottas - 119pts
Guttierrez - 108pts
Van Der Garde - 56pts
Bianchi - 47pts
Chilton - 38pts
Race Championship:
Bottas - 108pts
Guttierrez - 107pts
Bianchi - 49pts
Chilton - 46pts
Van Der Garde - 43pts
Overall Championship:
Bottas - 227pts
Guttierrez - 215pts
Van Der Garde - 99pts
Bianchi - 96pts
Chilton - 84pts
Thoughts? Is Bottas your rookie of the year? Surprised that Van Der Garde is lagging so much on race results or that Bianchi actually doesn't measure up too much better than Chilton?