Donkey of the Race - UAE

[steveaki13]

Vote time for the last time

[gm99]

Williams pit crew for unsafe release of Bottas and ruining his race.

[N4D13]

Maybe and just maybe Alonso if the accident that took out Maldo was caused by him driving into Nasr; I'd need to rewatch that. Otherwise, the stewards for giving out a moronic penalty.

Williams should also get a mention here.

[dj_bytedisaster]

Donkey of the year has to be F1 itself. I watched the race on Austrian TV and they binned the post-race show with the message "Mercedes won, bit boring, K thanks bye. See you in March."

Sums it up quite nicely...

In 2012 we had 7 different winners, this year we had three. Why do we even watch that shit anymore.

[henners88]

The stewards for missing the contact that lead to Alonso hitting Maldonado. I would have parked the car and started my sabbatical early if I were Fernando. What a terrible season he's had driving that GP3 car.

[Mia 01]

Verstappen, a ruthless driver who deserves som lessons.

[AndyL]

Maybe and just maybe Alonso if the accident that took out Maldo was caused by him driving into Nasr; I'd need to rewatch that.

I watched it again and I think it was a little bit of clumsiness from Alonso. He and Vettel have passed either side of Nasr off the start, but Alonso has moved to the right too soon afterwards, pinching Nasr between himself and the Ferrari. It looks like Nasr's tried to back out of it at the very last second, but too late to avoid the contact. I still think a penalty was unnecessary, stuff happens at the start doesn't it, but I can see some degree of justification for the stewards' decision.

[steveaki13]

F1 itself

Williams probably for releasing Bottas into the side of Button.

[COD]

Alonso. He made sure Maldonado didn't have a chance to become the donkey. And then whining about wanting to retire.

Then williams pit crew in close second

[Rollo]

Fox Sports.
For royally screwing up the F1 coverage for 2015 and then by putting damn adverts on Channel 10, reminding us of how much they're ransoming the sport for.

Probably Alonso? Maybe Nasr?

[Rollo]

What a terrible season he's had driving that GP3 car.

The McLaren is fine. I bet that that car with even a Renault powerplant in the back would have been better.

Button simultaneously proved that the chassis is well sorted but that the engine is a "bunch of stuff".

[AndyL]

The McLaren is fine. I bet that that car with even a Renault powerplant in the back would have been better.

Button simultaneously proved that the chassis is well sorted but that the engine is a "bunch of stuff".

Compared to Williams their pace looked pretty handy yesterday, considering the 30kph deficit through the speed trap.

[zako85]

Donkey of the year has to be F1 itself. I watched the race on Austrian TV and they binned the post-race show with the message "Mercedes won, bit boring, K thanks bye. See you in March."

Sums it up quite nicely...

In 2012 we had 7 different winners, this year we had three. Why do we even watch that shit anymore.

Even in 2011, that boring Red Bull and Vettel domination year, there were five different winners.

[N. Jones]

The Williams lollypop person is the only one I can think of.

[The Black Knight]

Maldonado.