Official 2012 Brazilian GP ROTR

roblo97 · Post by **roblo97** » 23 Nov 2012, 21:37

Official 2012 Brazilian GP ROTR

Who is your reject of the race

So far for me it's the track official who was standing on the side of the track in FP2

Dj_bereta · Post by **Dj_bereta** » 23 Nov 2012, 23:03

Sauber.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 24 Nov 2012, 01:23

What? Already? We haven't even had final practice yet!

Post by **Ataxia** » 24 Nov 2012, 02:11

BlindCaveSalamander wrote:What? Already? We haven't even had final practice yet!

Oh, let the kid have his moment in the sun...

razta · Post by **razta** » 24 Nov 2012, 05:17

As a Merc/Michael fan -
Mercedes' Coanda Exhaust solution - The car seems to be working better without it :evil:

roblo97 · Post by **roblo97** » 24 Nov 2012, 11:02

Try the top video link because I am not sure if it works might be flash

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/20455010

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 24 Nov 2012, 19:20

So far, GRSSJJJNN is leading all comers. Was this the first time all-year that a Lotus was bumped in Q1?

Ben Gilbert · Post by **Ben Gilbert** » 24 Nov 2012, 19:33

tristan1117 wrote:So far, GRSSJJJNN is leading all comers. Was this the first time all-year that a Lotus was bumped in Q1?

Nope.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Austr ... alifying_2

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 25 Nov 2012, 14:48

Maldonado has to be a contender for ROTQ due to missing the weighbridge and thereby triggering a 10-place grid penalty.

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 25 Nov 2012, 15:00

I think we should give HRT their deserved ROTR award - it may be the last race they attend. Also doesn't help that they are a second behind the Marussias either.

Ferrim · Post by **Ferrim** » 25 Nov 2012, 15:02

The weather forecasts, unless the situation dramatically changes.

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 25 Nov 2012, 16:09

Senna - You [nearly] dashed Vettel's hopes of WDC!! :evil:

di Resta - Alonso fans, throw your conspiracy theories. :evil:

Raikkonen - Are you stuck in the past? :roll:

Ed24 · Post by **Ed24** » 25 Nov 2012, 16:36

TV director has been awful so far

Bob · Post by **Bob** » 25 Nov 2012, 16:38

I nominate the Safety Car for spoiling Hulkenberg's race.

Post by **Londoner** » 25 Nov 2012, 16:39

People bashing the SC use - There's shit-ton's of debris on the track... :roll:

Dj_bereta · Post by **Dj_bereta** » 25 Nov 2012, 16:40

RACE CONTROL FOR ROBBER THE HULK'S MAIDEN WIN! :evil:

Post by **Ataxia** » 25 Nov 2012, 16:40

Ed24 wrote:TV director has been awful so far

Still hasn't noticed Vettel pick off Kobayashi under yellows...

Dj_bereta · Post by **Dj_bereta** » 25 Nov 2012, 16:41

East Londoner wrote:People bashing the SC use - There's shit-ton's of debris on the track...

In germany there's a lot of debris in the race start but the race control didnt put the safety car on the track.

Its clear its a move to benefit the championship leaders! (especially Alonso)

Post by **Londoner** » 25 Nov 2012, 17:14

Lewis Hamilton, for passing Hulkenberg for the lead.

Ed24 · Post by **Ed24** » 25 Nov 2012, 17:21

Must be Kimi for that moment of pure golden comedy!

Shadaza · Post by **Shadaza** » 25 Nov 2012, 17:52

Kimi Raikkonen for exploring more of Interlagos then you would expect to see.

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 25 Nov 2012, 17:58

Kimi Raikkonen deserves a mention for trying to find a pub mid-race but I can't pick anyone out. A race like that always sees lots of spins, crashes and silly moments, it can't be helped.

Cynon · Post by **Cynon** » 25 Nov 2012, 18:01

Has to be the Legend of Zelda: The Iceman in Interlagos. Seriously, if you count the number of different places Kimi visited, he probably visited more places off-track than there are dungeons in the average Zelda game.

14 Hundred Hours · Post by **14 Hundred Hours** » 25 Nov 2012, 18:03

Cynon wrote:Has to be the Legend of Zelda: The Iceman in Interlagos. Seriously, if you count the number of different places Kimi visited, he probably visited more places off-track than there are dungeons in the average Zelda game.

I always gave up on those games! But yeah, I second this nomination.

macherone · Post by **macherone** » 25 Nov 2012, 18:03

It's very hard, a lot of people there.

Dishonourable mentions
Lewis Hamilton for throwing out Force India's best race since Belgium 09.
Paul di Resta for freezing F1 until March '13.

But the winner is...

Kimi Raikkonen, for making the world know how is the backstage of Juncao corner.

Pamphlet · Post by **Pamphlet** » 25 Nov 2012, 18:04

Kimi Raikkonen - AHAHAHAHAHA

WeirdKerr · Post by **WeirdKerr** » 25 Nov 2012, 18:06

Pamphlet wrote:Kimi Raikkonen - AHAHAHAHAHA

This... he needs a TomTom..... or he may have had interference from a sao paulo taxi firm on the radio....

Post by **Londoner** » 25 Nov 2012, 18:06

Righty-ho, where to start here...

Williams - Both muppets out after four corners.
Romain Grosjean - Just a waste of a weekend.
The Stewards - A DTP for a racing incident in those conditions!? Go bathplug yourselves. :evil:

Kimi Raikkonen - Pure comedy gold. :lol:

But ROTR must go to...

Paul Di Resta - Couldn't have done a better job at destroying his career this afternoon.

Dan B · Post by **Dan B** » 25 Nov 2012, 18:07

Third: Mark Webber: For causing David Hobbs to turn into Murray Walker - which isn't bad (the Murray Walker part) but come on way jeopardize your teammate's championship.

Second: The Stewards: Cars are twitching everywhere; it should be no surprise that one car is going to inevitably hit another car. Really, Hulkenberg's penalty isn't warranted.

First: Kimi Raikkonen: For channeling his inner Brazilian Riccardo Rosset and going onto the old circuit and then driving back across the grass. What in the hell was he thinking?!

noiceinmydrink · Post by **noiceinmydrink** » 25 Nov 2012, 18:07

I'm unhappy.

3rd: Pedro de la Rosa - Silly accident with Grosjean during qualifying, which was very costly for poor Romain.

2nd: Kimi Raikkonen - Tried to be clever by going through the escape road, only for it to completely backfire for him.

1st: Paul di Resta - Being the cause of a horribly anti-climatic end to the season and being completely demolished by Hulkenburg the whole race. Get out. Play a record.

Dishonourable mention: Bruno Senna - Didn't hit Vettel hard enough.

2nd Dishonorable mention: TV Director - What the hell is with the obsession with Christian Horner's foot? Does he have a foot fetish or something?

What a shite day.

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 25 Nov 2012, 18:08

HRT still gets their reward for being awesomely last all weekend (which isn't a bad thing!) but Raikkonen certainly came close.

Paul Hayes · Post by **Paul Hayes** » 25 Nov 2012, 18:09

Someone else suggested it in the main race thread, but I'll second it here - the rain RADAR!

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 25 Nov 2012, 18:09

Winner: Räikkönen - Hilarious moment when he decided to revive the old Interlagos track.

Honorable mentions:

Grosjean - Ends the season with another crash

Heiko Wasser - For claiming that the old Interlagos track was 13 km long.

Weather report - Always the opposite happened

Benetton · Post by **Benetton** » 25 Nov 2012, 18:12

1. Paul di Resta - So his teammate leads for a part of the race. All Paul did was effing up a 8th place than binning it hard all the while being unpopular in his own team because he is difficult to work with.

2. Stewards. - Okay so the Vettel Kamui "yellow flag" incident is most likely a debris flag (yellow red flag). But that will hopefully be clarified, and should've been clarified for the TV viewers anyway. Secondly, Hulk was unfairly punished. Maldonado punted Perez off the track in Silverstone by accident, which was ruled as a racing incident. Here, conditions were way worse and Hulk gets a drive through.. for a racing incident. WTF?

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 25 Nov 2012, 18:12

1- Kimi Raikkonen - Kimi trying to relive the Golden Days there, I'm sure if he could of he would ahve stayed there all day pretending it was 1977 and he was in a McLaren battling with Niki Lauda or something.
2- Paul di Resta - Hard to believe this is the guy who everyone at the BBC has been talking up for years. Not as quick as his team mate, anonymous unless Vettel or Alonso came near him, and then crashed. I wouldn't be surprised if he does not keep his seat next year.

Samster · Post by **Samster** » 25 Nov 2012, 18:14

Seriously of all the bad steward calls this season, this one really takes the biscuit. Effectively Hulkenberg gets a drive through for spinning off in the rain, just because Lewser happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong bathpluging time. At the very least that cost Hulk 2nd. :roll:

fjackdaw · Post by **fjackdaw** » 25 Nov 2012, 18:15

The TV Director - so many slow-motion replays towards the start that we barely got to see any live on-track action, meaning that it was quite hard to actually follow what was going on. Lingering, slo-mo shots of men clapping in garages or pretty girls gasping while there was action a-plenty to be looking at.

I don't think Kimi deserves Reject Of The Race by any stretch - he'd already gone off track, he made a bit of an error, it all backfired and was a bit comical, but all in all it wasn't especially disastrous or significant.

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 25 Nov 2012, 18:16

pasta_maldonado wrote:2- Paul di Resta - Hard to believe this is the guy who everyone at the BBC has been talking up for years. Not as quick as his team mate, anonymous unless Vettel or Alonso came near him, and then crashed. I wouldn't be surprised if he does not keep his seat next year.

If I recall correctly, that would be Sky, Pasta

fjackdaw · Post by **fjackdaw** » 25 Nov 2012, 18:16

Samster wrote:Seriously of all the bad steward calls this season, this one really takes the biscuit. Effectively Hulkenberg gets a drive through for spinning off in the rain, just because Lewser happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong bathpluging time. At the very least that cost Hulk 2nd.

Absolutely - he spun in the wet, how is that a punishable offence?

Benetton · Post by **Benetton** » 25 Nov 2012, 18:18

Okay Raikkonen had a shite race. But he lost alot of setup time on Friday with engine troubles. And quite frankly he atleast had the mind to take the shortcut and then see that "eff I ain't getting through here". Plus, at the start he showed his instincts when he didn't hit Vettel when, I believe, everyone else on the whole grid would pretty much have rammed Vettel to a DNF.