The F1 school report

[Sonic]

So we are back in europe so it seems like a good time to look at the good the bad and the ugly so far.

Give grades for performances (A-E) and for effort (1-5).

So for example; massa. D1. Trying so hard but no results.

Thoughts?

[UltimateDanGTR]

Oooh good idea.

Button: A1
lewis: B1
Alonso: B1
Vettel: A1
Trulli: A1
Kimi: C4
Piquet, Nakajima, Bourdais: all E1

theres just a few...........

[Sonic]

glad you likey!

Some of my thoughts;

Brawn GP - A1
Button - A1
Barrichello - C2 (bless him, he's trying)

RBR - B1
Vettel - A1
Webber - B1

Toyota - B2
Trulli - C1
Glock - C2

McLaren - D1
Hamilton - C1
Kovy - D3

more to follow......

[Sonic]

BMW - E4 - sucky car and not bringing many new parts to fight back.
Quick nick - D3
Kubica - D3

[UltimateDanGTR]

williams-C2-lots of potential there, yet to be realised
Nico the Rosberg-B2-fast in practice, hasnt got the results to match yet
Kazuki-like I said before, E1

[stevie_gerrard]

Button A1 (Hard to Criticise really)
Lewis C1 (Getting better though with every race)
Rubens C1 (Trying but not getting very far)
Kimi D5 (Better last race but never seems bothered)
BMW E5 (A complete let down this season)
Kubica E1 (Working so hard in a poor car)
Heidfeld D1 (Working so hard in a poor car, podium bit of fluke)
Nakajima E3 (let down compared to his team mate)

[Sonic]

Anyone wanna play this game now?

Got a few changes from my early season review.

Brawn B1
Button B2
Rubens B1

McLaren C1
Hamilton B1
Kovy D3

Williams D2 - as much as it pains me to say
Rosberg - C1
Naka - E3

Ferrari C3
Kimi B2
Massa C1
Badoer E5
Fissi D4

So come on get out your red pen out and give some marks.

[woody2goody]

Ok then. I'm not giving effort grades as I think everyone tried as hard as they could. Even Kimi got his act together in that department.

Brawn-Mercedes:

Jenson Button A
Rubens Barrichello B+
Overall Team Grade A+

Red Bull-Renault:

Sebastian Vettel B
Mark Webber B
Overall A

McLaren-Mercedes:

Lewis Hamilton A-
Heikki Kovalainen C+
Overall C+

Ferrari:

Kimi Raikkonen B-
Felipe Massa A-
Luca Badoer E+
Giancarlo Fisichella D+
Overall C

Toyota:

Jarno Trulli B
Timo Glock B-
Kamui Kobayashi B
Overall B

BMW:

Nick Heidfeld B
Robert Kubica B-
Overall D+

Williams-Toyota:

Nico Rosberg B
Kazuki Nakajima C
Overall B+

Renault:

Fernando Alonso A+
Nelsinho Piquet C-
Romain Grosjean D+
Overall D+

STR-Ferrari:

Sebastien Buemi B-
Sebastien Bourdais C
Jaime Alguersuari C-
Overall C-

Force India-Mercedes:

Giancarlo Fisichella B-
Adrian Sutil C+
Vitantonio Liuzzi C
Overall C

[Cozzie]

Once again, no grades...

Brawn-Mercedes:

Jenson Button A-
Rubens Barrichello B+
Overall A

Red Bull-Renault:

Sebastian Vettel A
Mark Webber B+
Overall A

McLaren-Mercedes:

Lewis Hamilton B+
Heikki Kovalainen D
Overall C+

Ferrari:

Kimi Raikkonen B-
Felipe Massa B
Luca Badoer E
Giancarlo Fisichella D+
Overall C

Toyota:

Jarno Trulli C
Timo Glock C
Kamui Kobayashi B+
Overall C

BMW:

Nick Heidfeld C
Robert Kubica C-
Overall C-

Williams-Toyota:

Nico Rosberg B
Kazuki Nakajima E
Overall C-

Renault:

Fernando Alonso B+
Nelsinho Piquet E+
Romain Grosjean D+
Overall D+

STR-Ferrari:

Sebastien Buemi B-
Sebastien Bourdais C-
Jaime Alguersuari D-
Overall D+

Force India-Mercedes:

Giancarlo Fisichella B+
Adrian Sutil B+
Vitantonio Liuzzi C
Overall B

[jens]

I'm not sure about effort as such. I think all of them are trying as hard as hell. For instance BMW-Sauber never gave up, developed and improved until the end of the season despite an overall disappointing season. Maybe Ferrari deserves a lower "effort" grade for giving up the season earlier. All drivers tried hard too I suppose, maybe Kubica lost a bit of focus in some cases due to poor car.