[Official] Rate the Race : Japanese GP

[Bononi]

Rate the race...

[ralf fan]

Bore. Apart from Kamui. Dry race and qually. What a tease.

4/10

[Pingguest]

3 - what a boring race that was.

[Super Hans]

A 7 from me.

It's such a shame Kubica retired though.

[bjohnsonsmith]

A big disappointment when Kubica went out, after such a great start, otherwise the Button tyre strategy and then Kobayashi's overtaking barely kept alive a rather processional race.

[Fox89]

6. Dull apart from Kobayashi, but he was really very exciting

[Steve Milward]

The race had loads of promise and there were times when it started to come alive. Red Bull were always going to win and with Kubica retiring before the restart that helped them out.

Mclaren seemed to have a bad day at the office and so it was left up to Kobayashi to provide all the entertainment.

[Grandpa_Rob]

7 for me, plenty of surprises down the field great racing from Kobayashi, Alsono solid too bad Hamilton had problems it was heading for a good fight.

[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by Mildrop

Mclaren seemed to have a bad day at the office and so it was left up to Kobayashi to provide all the entertainment.

Button seems very unhappy with the time it took to bring him in for the tyre stop.

[Knowlesy]

6.

[Born Racer]

6

Hamilton's gearbox problem took one major point of interest out of the race.

There was lots of excitement but it was mostly of the incident sort.

Good call not to throw a SC near the end.

Suzuka's an excellent circuit.

[p261brm]

6 Apart from the odd kamikasi attempts very little 'racing'; have always been of the opinion that penalty points for mechanical failure ruined the prospect of a good race and this GP? a case in point. As for the loss of grid positions reducing costs....

[Knowlesy]

It is ridiculous but this is modern motorsport sadly.

[MagnetON]

Originally Posted by Born Racer

Good call not to throw a SC near the end.

I can't help thinking that if it had been earlier in the race then the SC would have been thrown. They've used it for considerably less, and imho the car was in a dangerous position.

[AUSRSR]

Originally Posted by MagnetON

I can't help thinking that if it had been earlier in the race then the SC would have been thrown. They've used it for considerably less, and imho the car was in a dangerous position.

You'd have to make one hell of a mistake to go off where Nico ended up. Correct decision not to.

5. Boring race, gold from Kobay! Most exciting driver of the year.

[Marbot]

A race made interesting only by dint of poor driving and car failure.

I also agree that teams should be allowed to use an unlimited supply of chassis/engines/gearboxes/tyres/testing and wind tunnel days in order to save on costs.....resulting from far fewer teams bothering to take part.

[MagnetON]

Originally Posted by AUSRSR

You'd have to make one hell of a mistake to go off where Nico ended up. Correct decision not to.

Where one goes, more will surely follow! lol

[Pingguest]

Originally Posted by Knowlesy

It is ridiculous but this is modern motorsport sadly.

And people seem to accept it. A number of passings in de midfield by kobayashi make people rate the race with a 6 or even higher.

Today Formula 1 showed its true face: drivers can’t overtake because they lose grip and overheat their brakes, engine and gearbox as soon as they start to slipstream. Too much slipstreaming in Japan could cause an engine or gearbox failure in Abu Dhabi, resulting in a starting grid penalty.

[the sniper]

6 out of 10 from me. Would have been a typically boring dry Suzuka race if it weren't for Kobayashi and (to an extent) Schumacher, who dragged the race up from a rating of 3 or 4.

I don't think FujiTV did this race any favours in the ratings stakes.

[safc_fan89]

A generous 4. Apart from 2005, recent races at Suzuka have been poor. You only see overtaking there when a fast car is put to the back for whatever reason.

[Mekola]

Regular-class race. The first lap incidents and the excellent drive by Kamui made me to stay awake watching TV during all the event.

[alan1302]

8 for me - just watching Kobiashi made it worthwhile...he knows how to overtake and make it stick

[chunterer]

Very average race enlightened only by the respective efforts or one K Kobayashi and one M Schumacher!

Why is it that the circuits that the drivers love so much are perhaps the most boring for us fans to watch them race on!!

[Sodemo]

Kobi was the only driver trying to entertain.

The crash(es) at the start robbed us of 4 cars which didn't help.

Not a great race, great track, though its a shame that Suzuka is suffering from the tarmac run off plague that is infecting other old school tracks now.

[Lancsbreaker]

Originally Posted by the sniper

6 out of 10 from me. Would have been a typically boring dry Suzuka race if it weren't for Kobayashi and (to an extent) Schumacher, who dragged the race up from a rating of 3 or 4.

I don't think FujiTV did this race any favours in the ratings stakes.

Pretty much echo that....shame that Hamilton's gearbox woes ruined what could have been a bit of a fight - and may well affect Korea - if it happens....