Rate the Grand Prix of Japan

[Bononi]

Rate Fuji...

[RaiseYourFist]

Why are there only 6 choices?

[Bononi]

What ?

[RaiseYourFist]

Hmm, I had only 1-6 showing to me the first time i clicked on the thread.

Either way - Start was a 10 the rest was a 6-7 so i think an 8 is pretty fair.

[Knowlesy]

I would say a 7. Hardly a snorting race (copyright James Allen), but interesting enough.

[ralf fan]

Kept me up. 7

[Knowlesy]

*snigger*

[Teretonga]

After the start and opening sequences it settled into much the same old story. A bit of tension, how would hamilton and massa fare after their penalyies but here we go again.... same old same old, even the penalties are becoming a common way of trying to provide interest.

I had more interesting things to do.
Rated it a 4

[p261brm]

I give 4, Alonso faultless, Kubica struggled with a car going off the pace, Kimi asleep for most of it, LH? he has a problem said it before; it is in the garage, before the start whatever; Father Bear, never saw Shumi taking advice from any one on the line, focused, total. Maybe a mechanic a thumbs up, tap on the lid, others might not agree my view right or wrong from a long full time involvement in the game, distractions on the line not required. Massa's father is there, Kimi can blow both of them away when he presses the button and that is his decision no one else, trouble is he dose not press it often enough so it seems.

[Racer 35]

4 from me too.
Not a bad race, but ruined by the stewards again.
Some really good drives, some incident, even some overtaking so it was actually a good race. But stupid decisions from the FIA just ruin the whole thing I'm afraid.

[steve_r]

It was 7, but in light of the obvious issues arisen after the finish of the "race" it is obviously now a 1. In fact, it was not really a "race" at all was it?

[staid davenport]

I'm rating it 1. It was ok, up until the point it was ruined by the FIA's ridiculous penalties against non-Ferrari drivers.

[Tehillim]

6, loved the scrap between Raikkonen and Kubica, but the stewarding decisions left a bad taste in the mouth.

[Karr]

Commentators sound very tired, here in Aus, go Fernando.

[duke_toaster]

Interesting race but ruined by FIA stupidity. Entertainment value was seven but I will not vote due to the absence of a zero option.

[Super Hans]

I gave it a 7, for it was a lightly entertaining romp.

[RichardRenes]

4 from me too.. Stewards again ruined the race and the result. When that happens, what happens on track doesn't matter anymore

[willb]

i rated it at a five after deducting for all the penalties. otherwise, i would have rated it at eight with all the action going on throughout the race.

[mattt]

Start was intersting, sounded interesting on the radio, but i got a bit bored after a while and turned to radio 1 for some music.

the stupid penalties, i thought things had changed for the better in the previous two gp's and the Massa penalty

It will have to be a 5

[GORDON STREETER]

I'll give it 6 for keeping me awake. However when are the powers that be going to let the guys race ? Anyway I understand to cut costs and show how green they can be next year,they are actually not going to use cars at all, its all going to be carried out on a bank of PlayStation's by the drivers watched by a panel of judges in one of the mobile gin palace's !
Expect to see a lot of new drivers aged under 10 signed up for next year !

[Dutton]

It was pretty drawn out and uninspiring for the most part, I think. It was bouyed by the continued presence of non-Ferrari/Mclaren cars leading the race. I would have much prefered red ones at the front from a selfish perspective, but having Renault and BMW certainly added to things from a more objective stance.

It could've been better, but could've been worse. I'll go on the better of side of normal and dish out a 6.

[brands]

It was heading for a 5 until the FIA came to Massa's rescue post race again.

I voted the same as Spa

[rocketracer]

i thoroughly enjoyed the race, and for being dry, was plenty of wheel to wheel racing and overtaking.

bourdais penalty was completely rediculous. Massa's penalty was fair for t-boning hamilton. And the ferrari mechanics reaction to pump fists in enjoyment at spinning their opposition was pretty ordinary... didnt think hamilton would get a penalty for the start line incident, but was probably warranted.

really disappointed with the coverage. Webber passed 8 people in his first stint coming from the absolute back of the grid after the 1st corner to 10th, and none of it was shown. Plus, Button had a great start, but got passed by just about everyone and we never saw it. There seemed to be much action going in the midfield / back that we never saw. Would be good if next year, the commentators can shed some light on something other than just what hamilton & mclaren are doing...

anyway, alonso winning the race on dry pace, and many other very strong drives made it an entertaining race for me. 8.

[Icebaby]

A 4 really and only because Hamilton and Massa through their toys out of the pram.

[chunterer]

Lot's happening but not on merit if you know what I mean.

The only really interesting thing, other than Renault's fine form, was the slightly random penal's being dished out again and those poor Honda's lumbering about like albatrosses!!!