Grand Prix Rejects

Tsunoda : A fourth place out of the blue to end a disappointing season on a high note and with some hope for next year. Sáinz : Another podium eclipsed, this time, by the championship epic finale. Oh, and beating both Leclerc and Norris on the drivers championship thanks to this. Honorable mention:...

Alpha Tauri: 3 laps totalled between both drivers sums up one of its worse GP in memory. Red Bull pit crew: Usually the top pit crew on the grid, their awful pit with Verstappen was the spark that started the chain of events that ended with with both championship contenders out. DHM: Hamilton/Versta...

McLaren: The only team this season to achieve a 1-2. Well deserved. Bottas: It's ironic that just after losing his seat for next year at Mercedes, he achieves one of his most solid performances in recent times. P1 at qualy, sprint race win and going from P20 to a podium finish; for once he performed...

Plenty of nominations this week: - Aston Martin: Terrible weekend for both drivers, way off the pace of the middle pack teams, and with Vettel spin almost wrecking Bottas. - McLaren: One point is an awful result for the team. - Tsunoda: I finally lost the faith on this boy. Ashamed by Gasly, I start...

Leclerc: Moral winner of the race, and a big surprise seeing such a great performance of the Ferrari.

Honorable mentions:
Alonso: Awesome first lap during the sprint race, and a good race on Sunday.

His Royal Highness Sir Lewis "If you don't go for a gap" Hamilton : Did he do it on purpose? I hope that not. Was a stupid, reckless, desperate move to prevent another defeat? Absolutely. And the icing on the cake, his antics celebrating his victory after having sent his main rival to the...

Basically the whole podium picture: Perez: Did his job protecting Verstappen while the Dutch was leading, and who knows if he would have taken the lead if not for the slow pit stop. The victory was a deserved reward. Vettel: Obviously he took advantage of the two leader's incidents to finish second,...

Sir Lewis Hamilton: He had everything in place. He had managed to seal another deal with Lady Luck to turn what was going to be a mediocre result (a 3rd against Verstappen's victory was not ideal) into a potential championship turnaround victory, or in the worst case, retaking the championship lead...

After such a dull race, the nominee is easy to me:

- Alpine: Pretty good race for both drivers, matching the pace of Ferrari and Mclaren. Special kudos to Alonso's final part of the race, climbing to 8th with some good overtaking.

1 - Kimi: Totally inexplicable mistake, and involving his teammate to make it worse. 2 - Mazepin: 1 minute behind his teammate! And almost ruined Perez's race when he was lapped. And the worst thing, he broke his spin streak on race day... Honorable mentions: - Racing Point: Out of the points, terri...

- Bottas: Being taken out of the race by Russell probably saved him from the embarrassment of finishing the race at the bottom of the point positions... but we shouldn't forget that the accident happened because a Williams was trying to overtake his Mercedes! I'm starting to think that he may not fi...

Norris: Superb race. Fought Hamilton bravely despite not having a chance and was able to defend himself from the Ferrari with old wheels. Honorable mention: Verstappen: Comfortable win, just missed the fastest lap to have a perfect Sunday. I'm surprised no one mentioned him. He proved that this year...

Lando Norris: Silent but great race.
Tsunoda: Solid debut after the disappointment of Q2.

HM: Pérez. From 20th to 5th, not as impressive and heroic as last year win, but he deserves some recognition.

1.- Mazepin - I had big expectations about an utterly preposterous debut, and he didn't disappoint me. His F1 recects career looks promising. 2.- Vettel - Blaming Ocon for an accident he was 100% responsible for was the absurd ending of an awful weekend. DHM: F1 stewards for his nonsense regarding t...