PastorDonkey of the Race

[truefan72]

I don't know about the slowest. Magnussen didn't have a great weekend but Button was pretty much identical on pace with the Force Indias and Williams. Without the safety car and the gearbox problem McLaren would have finished comfortably ahead of Williams.

true, credit where credit is due, the mclaren was on pace today
at least in button's hands
in retrospect, it was williams who probably rue the lost points and safety car

[Dave B]

Donkey of the race is Maldonado by a country mile.

Donkey of the decade is whoever decided we have to wait 10 minutes for the slow cars to unlap themselves before the SC comes in.

[steveaki13]

Donkey of the race is Maldonado by a country mile.

Donkey of the decade is whoever decided we have to wait 10 minutes for the slow cars to unlap themselves before the SC comes in.

Hi Dave nice to see you post again.

I agree about that. I suggested lapped cars falling to the back. Which I still stand by.

Someone said it would be dangerous, but surely if its announced to all drivers then they could pull to the inside of a straight or even all lapped cars drive through the pits, then they snake of lead lap cars would go through and the lapped cars can then just rejoin at the back and there need not be any passing on track. What about that?

[The Black Knight]

My donkey of the race is Maldonado.

And, since he has been donkey of the year the past two seasons as well, I'm just going to give him the inevitable donkey title for this season too. He's an utterly incompetent driver that should have never been put on the formula one grid. It's a sad state for F1 when a clown like him gets a race seat and someone like Paul DiResta doesn't.

[steveaki13]

2 questions.

Did he already have any points on his license before today?

Do we know if he has or will get any driver license points for today?

[steveaki13]

Excuse me while I interrupt myself.

Maldonado has been given a 5 placed grid drop for China and has had 3 points put on his license.

For me it should have been 5 or 6 points. That was well worth half a race ban for me. I mean if he did that again he is potentially only half way to a ban. In my mind if he does that again he deserves a ban.

[COD]

no contest

Agree. Easy pick

[Mekola]

Pastor is the obvious donkey of the race. That manoeuvre on Gutiérrez is sick.

[Storm]

Donkey of the race is Maldonado by a country mile.

Donkey of the decade is whoever decided we have to wait 10 minutes for the slow cars to unlap themselves before the SC comes in.

this post sums it up.

[aryan]

Of course Maldonado, no doubt. I do hope he gets a race ban. A 10-second stop and go penalty when he wasn't in the points anyway is meaningless.

The Donkey team of the race is actually Williams IMO. They had the second fastest package when the season started I believe, and at the end of race 3, how many points do they have to show for it? A bunch of 7th and 8th places is not what that car was capable of.