Donkey of the race - China 2013

[N4D13]

I was thinking Massa. He didn't have the best strategy, but neither could he overtake nor was he fast after his first stop. I don't think bad strategy accounts for being 40 seconds off Alonso.

But if there is a donkey of the weekend, it has to be Red Bull. Go figure why.

[tfp]

Not exactly. I think they've done a great job with Fernando, but you have to admit, just as Mark at RBR, Felipe seems to draw the short straw an awful lot of times, doesn't he?

Agreed, it seems the two teams can only look after one driver per race!

[truefan72]

Pirelli.

Gutierrez, he just isn't ready for F1.

agreed!
I've seen enough

I hope Kobayashi is on speed dial

[pino]

Well, ruining Felipe's race is default setting at Ferrari, isn't it?

How about you look into your garden (Red Bull) before starting to criticize others...?

[longisland]

Gutierrez for ramming into Sutil, Kimi & Mark for assuming drivers in front to use the rear view mirrors

[truefan72]

ok
Lets add kimi to the list
for the poor start
(I wonder how things would be different if he managed to hold up the 2 ferrari's for a lap or 2)
and also for using DRS under yellow

[A FONDO]

Massa for starting 2 meters behind his teammate and finishing nearly a minute behind him.
That ugly widening of the exit of the hairpin.

[Ranger]

Sutil - Deliberately running his team-mate clean off the road.
Gutierrez - Cleaning out Sutil. Replacing Kobayashi with him is starting to look like an unwise move.
Webber - Clumsy collision with Vergne. But I'd be curious as to what Helmut Marko thinks.

Red Bull - Forgetting to put four wheels on Webber's car.
Mercedes - For continually having issues on Rosberg's car.

[steveaki13]

How about you look into your garden (Red Bull) before starting to criticize others...?

Yeeeeeeeeeees exactly.

[AndyL]

Agreed, it seems the two teams can only look after one driver per race!

Not just those two teams! Was interesting to see Perez dropping into the dutiful number 2 role today. Jumping out of the way immediately when Button came out of the pits behind him, and then testing out the option tyre in his middle stint.

Grosjean and Vergne were way behind their team-mates as well.

What happened to Hulkenberg's pace in the second half of the race? Looked like he should have been in that 4th-6th battle early on but faded away.