Driver of the Race.

**steveaki13** · 29th Jul 12, 14:46

For me its Lewis and Kimi tied.

**donKey jote** · 29th Jul 12, 14:47

yep, Kimi and Ham, in no order

special mention to Senna and Alo

**Koz** · 29th Jul 12, 14:48

Yep, Kimi and Lewis.

**Mr Alca-Tazizzle** · 29th Jul 12, 14:49

Alonso

**rjbetty** · 29th Jul 12, 14:50

Hamilton - 30sec ahead of Button! Who is it who's the expert on tyre wear?

**Mr Alca-Tazizzle** · 29th Jul 12, 14:52

The Boss

**Knock-on** · 29th Jul 12, 14:54

Before I saw this thread I was going to give it to Lewis and Kimi equal.

Lewis drove perfectly all weekend and exceeded the teams expectations. He controlled the race, the pace and his tyres perfectly. The team did their job and all round, it was faultless.

Kimi was great and the team got him out in clean air when they needed to. His charge was exciting and just fun to watch. Also, I've never heard him speak so much!!

**Garry Walker** · 29th Jul 12, 15:00

Driver: Hamilton, Kimi. Both drove wonderful races.

**Dave B** · 29th Jul 12, 15:00

Senna gets my honourable mention for quietly getting on with it and bagging some more points for Williams, but Hamilton was simply the man of the whole weekend

**ShiftingGears** · 29th Jul 12, 15:04

Originally Posted by Garry Walker

Driver: Hamilton, Kimi. Both drove wonderful races.

Indeed.

**rjbetty** · 29th Jul 12, 15:06

Yeah Alonso did as well as he could again. Massa was pretty much on his pace yesterday, but today fell 12 sec behind. I think this is actually a good track for Massa despite 2009, yet for him to still be behind Alonso shows his team-mate's class.

What Kimi might say:
"Welltheracewasnottoobadtodaybutwewillsee."

I think Kimi is 48pts off Alonso now with 9 races to go...

Spa is next.

What Schumacher might say:
"Naturally this wasn't quite the result we were hoping for today. Nevertheless, we are optimistic of a good performance next time out at Spa.

What Button might say if asked what went wrong today:
"Ahh I don't know. I had MASSIVE understeer".

**F1boat** · 29th Jul 12, 15:08

Raikkonen for me, proved his class again.

**gm99** · 29th Jul 12, 15:08

Originally Posted by Dr Giacomo Rappaccini

The Boss

What's Bruce Springsteen got to do with this?

For me, Hamilton, Kimi and Senna; Vettel drove a clever race as well on a day where the Red Bull clearly wasn't the fastest car out there.

**steveaki13** · 29th Jul 12, 15:11

As I posted above my Drivers of the Day are:

Lewis Hamitlon - Was so fast all weekend and drove a calm race under pressure a bit like Alonso last week.

& Kimi Raikkonen - Showed great pace to jump to 2nd even with some KERS problems and a slow start.

Other Mentions:

Grosjean - Although he dropped a place, he drove well and showed he is improving and can handle it with the best.

Alonso - Did a solid job to finish ahead of a Mclaren and Red Bull in a slower car and stablize his championship lead.

Senna - Great drive from Bruno. He was miles ahead of Pastor and drove calmly to match the pace of the front 4 teams and mixed it with them after the stops.

Kovalainen - Done another solid job. Finished ahead of Kamui and was for large periods only 10 seconds behind Toro Rossos at about half way.

Pic - He won't get noticed but although Glock spun once he still finished around a minute off Pic. So I think the young frenchman is doing a much better job here than we often notice. de Ambrosio and di Grassi were always struggling against Glock, but Pic is beating him quite reguarly.

**truefan72** · 29th Jul 12, 15:16

Hamilton
Kimi
Grosjean

in that order

**wedge** · 29th Jul 12, 15:19

For me there is only one - Kimi

Originally Posted by aki13

Grosjean - Although he dropped a place, he drove well and showed he is improving and can handle it with the best.

Grosjean impressed up to a point but ultimately lacked killer instinct and faded at the end.

**kfzmeister** · 29th Jul 12, 15:22

How can it be anyone other than Kimi?

**Knock-on** · 29th Jul 12, 15:26

Because, on average, the Lotus was the fastest car out there and Kimi came second

**truefan72** · 29th Jul 12, 15:49

honorable mention to senna

who I have dogged all season and still think is on a hot seat
but today he drove very well

**kfzmeister** · 29th Jul 12, 16:03

Originally Posted by Knock-on

Because, on average, the Lotus was the fastest car out there and Kimi came second

Okay, so i have to admit that i expected Kimi to at least attack Ali G. instead of coasting to a second, but to gain as many places as Kimi did, was most impressive out of all drivers. Ali just hung on.