Silverstone - Driver of the day.

[Kewee]

Bushi.......Alonso was in 4th when he pitted then rejoined in 8th. All the other drivers that pitted under the caution were able to rejoin without loosing their place. Alonso was unlucky simply because the caution came out seconds after he had entered the pits. You ask how he was hindered. All the cars running between him and fourth place he had already passed when he was on old rubber, now he had to do it all again to get through to third. Yes, new rubber helped but he still had to pass the same drivers a second time and only had seven laps to achieve it.

 

[Chad Stewarthill]

I know what, let's just call it a draw. My equal drivers of the day (in alphabetical order for complete impartiality):

Alonso (helped by retirement / tyre failures for drivers ahead of him, hindered a little by safety car)
Hamilton (hindered by tyre failure, helped by safety car)
Massa (hindered by tyre failure, helped by safety car)

Runner up:
Webber (hindered by his own poor start, then clip from Grosjean, helped by safety car & retirement / problems for cars ahead)

 

[Dizzi]

For me it's a Hamilton Massa tie.
Hamilton was controlling the race nicely from the front and unlike the others had no warning the tyre was going to explode (subsequently drivers told to avoid kerbs & no doubt teams took more notice of tyre stats, Seb & Nico both brought in for suspect tyres). A class drive back through the field to entertain the crowds and get good points. Okay the safety car helped but it seemed to help more drivers than hinder.

Massa had a storming start and was doing really well until his tyre exploded but he doggedly fought back to a decent place.
I would have included Webber but his lowly position after the first lap was due to a poor start not something out of his control.

If we were giving bad luck of the day it would have to be a tie between Vettel and Perez.
Avoiding the flack trophy to Kimi and Fernando...

 

[FB]

Paul di Resta - started from the back, finished 9th.

 

[Brogan]

I've finally decided on a worthy winner.

A driver who sat in the pit lane for the first 15 laps but still managed to get in front, without slick tyres, KERS or DRS too.

It has to be Bernd Mayländer.

 

[Road of Bones]

I give it to Vettel for the sheer joy he generated by breaking down - he turned what was looking like a stultifyingly-predictable result into a 9-lap dogfight. I'm pretty sure that the Silverstone crowd would echo me here...

 

[ZakspeedYakspeed]

I am giving it to Nico Rosberg ... didn't gain or lose anything through both safety cars ... and held his nerve when he was being hunted down in the final few laps ... Britney from a few years back might have bottled it, run wide and given away a victory ... but not this years model ...

Runner up's include Alonso, Hamilton, Massa, Di Resta, Webber ...

Shout out to Ricciardo ... who was blasting past Renault's and Force India's all day ... and got swamped a little during the shoot out at the end to finish 8th ... was solid all day ...

 

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