Sunday, March 12, 2006
# posted by Rich @ 9:02 PM
Race day awards
After each race, I am going to give out, figuratively speaking, various awards to the drivers, the teams, and myself. Yes, myself - I will rate my performance in terms of how good my predictions were!
So, here are the award categories, and the winners:
How would I rate myself - 7/10. I predicted Alonso for the win and that he would be 3rd into the first corner, and that Raikkonen would be the man to watch. I forgot about the McLaren's awesome pace on full tanks though. I had Schumacher in 3rd, not 2nd; Montoya in 4th not 5th; Button in 2nd, not 4th, Raikkonen in 8th, not 3rd. But 5 of my top 8 were in the top 8. I was dead wrong about Rosberg though.
Lessons learned - I'll do better next time.
So, here are the award categories, and the winners:
| Driver of the day | Kimi Raikkonen | No contest |
|---|---|---|
| Rookie of the day | Nico Rosberg | No contest |
| Car of the day | McLaren MP4-21 | Both cars fast and with heavy fuel load |
| Team of the day | Renault | Excllent pit stops |
| Disappointing driver of the day | Felipe Massa | Silly mistake was costly |
| Disappointing car of the day | Toyota TF 106 | Worst price:performance ratio |
| Disappointing team of the day | Ferrari | Farcical pit work |
| Phillipe Alliot award | Nick Heidfeld | 1st lap incident/Coulthard incident |
| Jerk of the day | Fernando Alonso | Blue flags? You're world champion pal - deal with it! |
How would I rate myself - 7/10. I predicted Alonso for the win and that he would be 3rd into the first corner, and that Raikkonen would be the man to watch. I forgot about the McLaren's awesome pace on full tanks though. I had Schumacher in 3rd, not 2nd; Montoya in 4th not 5th; Button in 2nd, not 4th, Raikkonen in 8th, not 3rd. But 5 of my top 8 were in the top 8. I was dead wrong about Rosberg though.
Lessons learned - I'll do better next time.
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