Driver of the "race"

Vettel, class of the field all day.

Schumacher and Rosberg did well - shame Nico's race ended so soon.

Also Liuzzi who seems to have appeared in 6th after starting 18th...

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Originally Posted by donKey jote

Alonso (fastest lap too, with Vettel on track ;) ) then Vettel

special mention to Rosberg for his pass on the "only racer out there", the "rain master" whatever :p

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It was the first lap and he missed the turn 2 apex so rosberg got a run on him, and he wisely did not pull a Webber figuring that he will eventually pass the guy back again, or better yet, let him duke it out with Alonso , or even more Machiavellian to let him get crashed by Webber :|

TBF Rosberg did a superb job at the start and looked very determined.

The driver of the race is always the winner of the race as they are the only one who achieves what they are paid to do. Win!

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Originally Posted by truefan72

that gets an honorable legend driver of the day, since he was the only one willing and ready to "drive" at the start of the race.

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yes, he was also the only one with nothing to lose, or the most to lose if it wasn't to be run ;) .
Still, how he can be mentioned in the same breath as Alonso and Vettel (or even Schumi) as driver of the race after making 2 (uncharacteristic) mistakes (against Rosberg and Alonso) and ruining his tires trying to keep up with the afore mentioned is beyond me... :)

Honourable mention as best radio broadcaster of the race though, to be sure :up: :p

But Button also had nothing to lose, and look where he ended up. Alonso did a great job, but he owes a large part of that to an excellent team performance by Ferrari (although there's always the odd nut...)

For me, the driver of the race was Hamilton. At his level, mistakes like the ones he made today come about when the driver is pushing the car to the limit. He held on to get second, and was even putting some pressure on Alonso for a few laps. Compared to the reigning world champion his performance was stellar. Sounded a lot calmer on the radio too. A very mature drive, a step up from his level in Monza for example.

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Originally Posted by fandango

But Button also had nothing to lose, and look where he ended up. Alonso did a great job, but he owes a large part of that to an excellent team performance by Ferrari (although there's always the odd nut...)
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Kubica had nothing to prove, as well as massa and Rubens, but they all were incessantly moaning about the conditions prior to the actual racing. Not just Webber, Alonso ...and Vettel who by the way was doing fastest laps as he was complaining. He knew his engine was in trouble a few laps back and then came on the radio about being too dark or something while posting the fastest lap.

Honourable mentions to:

Hamilton.
Alonso.
Rosberg before he was made collateral damage.
Schumacher with 4th.
Liuzzi with a phantom 6th.

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Originally Posted by X-ecutioner

You Australians and your national pride. :p The most active thread with most replies in the motorcycle racing forum is about Anthony West, who is at best a back-marker in Moto2. And guess what, it's FULL of Australian flags.

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The hype over such an underperforming rider/driver such as Ant West on this forum is ridiculous - arguably worse than the hype over Danica.

Liuzzi - unlike his donkey team - mate

WT

Hamilton because he wanted to race.