Your Reject of the Race - Abby Dabby

[Onxy Wrecked]

Raikkonen, only retirement and from a crash. Can't blame him for lack of pay either.

Toro Rosso is my dishonorable mention for sinking stone performance below the Williams cars. Remember, Williams also had some awful pit work and the Toro Rossos couldn't make it by at least one Williams car of Bottas. Yeah, Scuderia Toro Rosso was closer to Dead Bull than Red Bull.

[CoopsII]

1 - Raikkonen - part of me wonders how dissapointed he really was when he retired.
2 - Er...

[Yannick]

Ferrari - when you are down on pace like that, you don't mess with your No.2 driver (so your No.1 driver can get by) in the pits by giving him the wrong tires.

But the award will go to Raikkonenm by default anyway, for being the only retirement.

[Onxy Wrecked]

1 - Raikkonen - part of me wonders how dissapointed he really was when he retired.
2 - Er...

I recommend Toro Rosso myself, but it's up to you for the second part of it or to even select a second Reject.

[CoopsII]

1 - Raikkonen - part of me wonders how dissapointed he really was when he retired.
2 - Er...

I recommend Toro Rosso myself, but it's up to you for the second part of it or to even select a second Reject.

I didnt really feel anybody, or anything, did anything particulary rejectful. Unless you count the entire field for being bit-part players in Vettels Story but even I'm getting bored of banging on about that now.

[apple2009]

I don't understand why Raikkonen has been nominated by so many people. The crash wasn't even his fault.

[Bleu]

In general, I have to nominate rules on track limits. It was said to be taken more seriously than in India, well no penalties were given at any point of the weekend.

[Dj_bereta]

I don't understand why Raikkonen has been nominated by so many people. The crash wasn't even his fault.

van der Garde disagrees:

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/111119

[go_Rubens]

I don't understand why Raikkonen has been nominated by so many people. The crash wasn't even his fault.

He was impatient to make up ground. He should have backed off, and slowly picked off the pack one by one when the cars were starting to spread out. He didn't do that, and instead made a clumsy error which put him out of the race in turn 1. Pretty reject worthy there.

[good_Ralf]

I don't understand why Raikkonen has been nominated by so many people. The crash wasn't even his fault.

He was impatient to make up ground. He should have backed off, and slowly picked off the pack one by one when the cars were starting to spread out. He didn't do that, and instead made a clumsy error which put him out of the race in turn 1. Pretty reject worthy there.

I doubt he'll get the award. He really deserves it but Jamie and Enoch have never given out back-to-back ROTR awards IIRC.

[Alextrax52]

I don't understand why Raikkonen has been nominated by so many people. The crash wasn't even his fault.

He was impatient to make up ground. He should have backed off, and slowly picked off the pack one by one when the cars were starting to spread out. He didn't do that, and instead made a clumsy error which put him out of the race in turn 1. Pretty reject worthy there.

I doubt he'll get the award. He really deserves it but Jamie and Enoch have never given out back-to-back ROTR awards IIRC.

Maldonado did get back to back ROTR's for Australia though (Also got IIDOTR in 2012)

[go_Rubens]

He was impatient to make up ground. He should have backed off, and slowly picked off the pack one by one when the cars were starting to spread out. He didn't do that, and instead made a clumsy error which put him out of the race in turn 1. Pretty reject worthy there.

I doubt he'll get the award. He really deserves it but Jamie and Enoch have never given out back-to-back ROTR awards IIRC.

Maldonado did get back to back ROTR's for Australia though (Also got IIDOTR in 2012)

I think Ralfie means 2 races in succession, as in India to Abu Dhabi.

[Samster]

I'm going to go ahead and nominate Formula One in general for ROTR. Frankly this race showcased just about everything that is wrong about F1 these days. DRS zones making overtaking too easy, a track that makes overtaking outside the DRS zones near impossible, most overtaking being done between cars on different strategies, questionable stewarding and only one freaking retirement, due to a daft collision at the first corner.

[CoopsII]

only one freaking retirement, due to a daft collision at the first corner.

Because its fairer racing when people drop out?

[Gerudo Dragon]

Because its fairer racing when people drop out?

It can give slower teams a better chance of scoring points

[CoopsII]

Because its fairer racing when people drop out?

It can give slower teams a better chance of scoring points

Sure, but its often the slower teams who have the problems with attrition.

[rachel1990]

Because its fairer racing when people drop out?

It can give slower teams a better chance of scoring points

Sure, but its often the slower teams who have the problems with attrition.

Maybe thats why Chilton has finished so many races- He is too far back to be involved in any accidents

[Alextrax52]

Maybe thats why Chilton has finished so many races- He is too far back to be involved in any accidents

Lots of people on other sites agree with you for that very reason.

[UncreativeUsername37]

Maybe thats why Chilton has finished so many races- He is too far back to be involved in any accidents

Lots of people on other sites agree with you for that very reason.

And we all know how smart most F1 fans on the Internet are.

[rachel1990]

Maybe thats why Chilton has finished so many races- He is too far back to be involved in any accidents

Lots of people on other sites agree with you for that very reason.

And we all know how smart most F1 fans on the Internet are.

Very. We are better than those journalists on the BBC at least

[CoopsII]

I think even DC and Brundle have been affected by the malaise currently engulfing F1 at the mo as both their blog posts seem to be scrabbling around for a new way to say 'Vettel Wins - Others Didnt'.

[SgtPepper]

I'm going to go ahead and nominate Formula One in general for ROTR. Frankly this race showcased just about everything that is wrong about F1 these days. DRS zones making overtaking too easy, a track that makes overtaking outside the DRS zones near impossible, most overtaking being done between cars on different strategies, questionable stewarding and only one freaking retirement, due to a daft collision at the first corner.

Agreed, and considering I fell alseep for the last 20 or so laps, and still don't care to bother watching it, 2014 cannot come soon enough. However, judging by what I did see, I have to nominate one of my favourite drivers, kimi raikkonen, for a lazy, first lap incident, when the likes of he, Alonso and Button normally tend to show all the clumsier new kids on the block how to dice wheel to wheel.

[rachel1990]

Unless the boys change their minds the announcement has been made on the podcast

And the Winner is Kimi Raikkonen for the second (and Final) race in a row. More details are in the podcast but I think its pretty obvious why.

[Alextrax52]

Unless the boys change their minds the announcement has been made on the podcast

And the Winner is Kimi Raikkonen for the second (and Final) race in a row. More details are in the podcast but I think its pretty obvious why.

The tangle with Van der Garde which (a summed up how bad the entire weekend was for him and (b because it robbed us of a half-interesting race

[good_Ralf]

It robbed us of a half-interesting race

And it continued the trend of very unsuccessful burns from the sterns by frontrunning drivers this year, those being Webber in China, Massa in Monaco and Grosjean in Canada.

[eytl]

Official decision, as announced and explained on the Japindhabi GP edition of the podcast, and no surprises here.

For the first time ever, a 2nd straight individual ROTR award, step forward Kimi Raikkonen!

[tc3j3r]

Maybe he could make it 3 in a row if Lotus have the best race of the season in Austin? (a la Jacques Villeneuve in Suzuka 2003 and Honda fatcats at Australia 2009)

[apple2009]

Official decision, as announced and explained on the Japindhabi GP edition of the podcast, and no surprises here.

For the first time ever, a 2nd straight individual ROTR award, step forward Kimi Raikkonen!

For a crash that wasn't even his fault? Seriously?

[Londoner]

Official decision, as announced and explained on the Japindhabi GP edition of the podcast, and no surprises here.

For the first time ever, a 2nd straight individual ROTR award, step forward Kimi Raikkonen!

For a crash that wasn't even his fault? Seriously?

Questioning the judgement of our Australian overlords? BLASPHEMY!

Send him to the Gulag, moderators!