Korean GP receives promoters' award

[N4D13]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88657

What will be next?

• Sebastian Vettel receiving an overtaking award?[/*:m:7rk20nwy]
• Ferrari getting the FIA Fair Play award?[/*:m:7rk20nwy]
• Valencia achieving the Most Entertaining Race award?[/*:m:7rk20nwy]

Seriously, what a load of BS from the FIA.

[ioan]

Maybe next it will be:

Alonso getting the FIA Fair Play award?!
or
Alonso receiving an overtaking award after the Abu Dhabi showing?!

What exactly didn't you like about the Korean GP?

[Valve Bounce]

Is Kia or Dae Woo thinking of entering F1 with an engine? :

[Allyc85]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88657

What will be next?

• Sebastian Vettel receiving an overtaking award?[/*:m:31zzwzh6]
• Ferrari getting the FIA Fair Play award?[/*:m:31zzwzh6]
• Valencia achieving the Most Entertaining Race award?[/*:m:31zzwzh6]

Seriously, what a load of BS from the FIA.

So who would you give the award to?

[airshifter]

I'd have to agree with the award. After all, look how much attendance was up over last years Korean race!

I think the new track has a lot of potential. Even with the bad weather it produced some good viewing.

[ShiftingGears]

I'd have to agree with the award. After all, look how much attendance was up over last years Korean race!

I think the new track has a lot of potential. Even with the bad weather it produced some good viewing.

But bad/unpredictable weather usually provides good viewing anyway. Hungary 2006 was arguably the race of the season because of the bad weather, even though normally pit strategy is the only thing that provides any action on the circuit. I don't see how the Korean circuit has a lot of potential according to your logic.

[N4D13]

My point is that I don't see how you could give a promoters' award to Korea, when we didn't even know if there would be a race two weeks before the race, the tarmac was so recently laid that it caused serious concern, there was a serious lack of cranes in the circuit and, lastly, the drainage was so miserably poor (if existant) that the race had to be red-flagged because of visibility concerns. In addition to this, I have never liked the concept of building a city around a circuit - it sounds truly pretentious to me.

I don't think that I would give a promoters' award to anybody, but in any case, giving it to Korea is blatant hypocrisy. The fact that they were the only ones to celebrate a new Grand Prix in 2010 doesn't mean that they actually did a great job.

And this doesn't have to do with whether the race was entertaining or not - it certainly was, but not at all because of excellent management.

[Big Ben]

Maybe next it will be:

Alonso getting the FIA Fair Play award?!
or
Alonso receiving an overtaking award after the Abu Dhabi showing?!

What exactly didn't you like about the Korean GP?

Would you spit on us Ioan if we were talking this face to face?

[Valve Bounce]

It's all about FACE !

[ioan]

Would you spit on us Ioan if we were talking this face to face?

Not sure it would be worth it.