2021 Season - Rate the Drivers

[eurobrun]

Baku.  My scores in a bit quicker for a change
Didn't expect Perez to come through for me!  Was expecting 2nd at best behind Verstappen, but I'll take it!

Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team:
Lewis Hamilton - 6/10
Valtteri Bottas - 1/10

Red Bull Racing Honda:
Sergio Pérez - 10/10
Max Verstappen - 10/10

McLaren F1 Team:
Daniel Ricciardo - 7/10
Lando Norris - 8/10

Aston Martin Cognizant F1 Team:
Sebastian Vettel - 10/10
Lance Stroll - 7/10

Alpine F1 Team:
Fernando Alonso - 8/10
Esteban Ocon - 5/10

Scuderia Mission Winnow Ferrari:
Charles Leclerc - 9/10
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 6/10

Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda:
Pierre Gasly - 10/10
Yuki Tsunoda - 8/10

Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen:
Kimi Räikkönen - 8/10
Antonio Giovinazzi - 7/10

Haas F1 Team:
Nikita Mazepin - 2/10
Mick Schumacher - 6/10

Williams Racing:
Nicholas Latifi - 5/10
George Russell - 6/10

Race control: 4/10
Ridiculous length of time to deploy the Safety Car on both occasions. 
Interesting decision to create a 2 lap sprint race, rather than simply finish under Safety Car as has happened a number of times.
 

[Penfold]

Baku

Merc:
Hammy - 5
Val - 1 - Bit samey of me to award a 1, but couldn't bring myself to give nul points...

Red Bull:
Surger - 9
Max - 9

McLaren:
Ricky Hairdo - 6
Chuck Norris - 7

A team called Aston Martin:
My Fault Again - 10
Speedy Stroller - 7

Alpine:
Alonso - 8
OffOn - X

Ferrari:
'It is I' - 8
Rally Guy's Son - 6

Boris Johnson (aka Alpha Tory):
Greasy Peril - 10
Tsunoda - 8

Alfauber:
Kimi - 8
Adam Ant - 7

Haas:
Massivespin - 1
Mickey Boy - 6

Williams:
Latifi - 5
Jack Russell - 6

[Chrill]

Cheers, both of you! I'll put our stats together in the evening or tomorrow, and sum up the first 6 rounds.

[Chrill]

Right! I haven't summed this up in 3 races, so we have a lot of changes!

Most improved:
Pierre Gasly (P11 -> P6)
Sebastian Vettel (P18 -> P13)

Most Deteriorated:
Daniel Ricciardo (P8 -> P12)

Some other standouts:
- Despite some low scores for Lewis in the last two races, we rate him as the 4th best driver so far this year.
- The driver most improved compared to 2020 is Antonio Giovinazzi (P15), who averages 6.211 compared to his 2020 average of 4.800 (+1.411 compared to 2020)
- The best driver not to race in 2020 is Fernando Alonso (P9), who averages 6.842. If we were to compare him to his 2018 result, he is down 0.969 (his 2018 result was 7.811)

As always, these stats and more here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PGqNyT0O6eH1NZd0hC-e9zJ0wzLDMYPkST0BvU0PxBU/edit?usp=sharing

[Penfold]

Cheers for the update.

This Vettel revival has been quite unexpected, thought he was all but done for after his Ferrari travails

[Chrill]

He's still only 13th, we'll see what he gets up to at Le Castellet!

[Penfold]

He's a married man so hopefully nothing naughty

[Chrill]

You can't call his relationship with Honey Ryder a marriage.

[Penfold]

Is it nothing more than a fling? How upsetting for Honey....

[Chrill]

We should rate the race, the Austrians are almost upon us! Penny, Euro, get in here. Even if I havent yet!

[Penfold]

Yes boss! Mine will be hurled at the site tomorrow morning

[eurobrun]

France

Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team:
Lewis Hamilton - 9/10
Valtteri Bottas - 7/10

Red Bull Racing Honda:
Sergio Pérez - 8/10
Max Verstappen - 9/10

McLaren F1 Team:
Daniel Ricciardo - 8/10
Lando Norris - 9/10

Aston Martin Cognizant F1 Team:
Sebastian Vettel - 9/10
Lance Stroll - 7/10

Alpine F1 Team:
Fernando Alonso - 8/10
Esteban Ocon - 5/10

Scuderia Mission Winnow Ferrari:
Charles Leclerc - 4/10
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 6/10

Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda:
Pierre Gasly - 8/10
Yuki Tsunoda - 5/10

Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen:
Kimi Räikkönen - 4/10
Antonio Giovinazzi - 6/10

Haas F1 Team:
Nikita Mazepin - 3/10
Mick Schumacher - 4/10

Williams Racing:
Nicholas Latifi - 5/10
George Russell - 8/10

[Penfold]

France:

Merc:
Hammy - 9
Val - 7

Red Bull:
Surger - 8
Max - 9

McLaren:
Ricky Hairdo - 8
Chuck Norris - 9

A team called Aston Martin:
My Fault Again - 8
Speedy Stroller - 7

Alpine:
Alonso - 8
OffOn - 5

Ferrari:
'It is I' - 5
Rally Guy's Son - 6

Boris Johnson (aka Alpha Tory):
Greasy Peril - 8
Tsunoda - 5

Alfauber:
Kimi - 5
Adam Ant - 6

Haas:
Massivespin - 4
Mickey Boy - 5

Williams:
Latifi - 5
Jack Russell - 8

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Styria

Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team:
Lewis Hamilton - 8/10
Valtteri Bottas - 7/10

Red Bull Racing Honda:
Sergio Pérez - 7/10
Max Verstappen - 9/10

McLaren F1 Team:
Daniel Ricciardo - 4/10
Lando Norris - 9/10

Aston Martin Cognizant F1 Team:
Sebastian Vettel - 5/10
Lance Stroll - 7/10

Alpine F1 Team:
Fernando Alonso - 7/10
Esteban Ocon - 5/10

Scuderia Mission Winnow Ferrari:
Charles Leclerc - 6/10 - can't go any higher.  decent recovery, but too much contact. Disagree with the DOTD vote!
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 8/10

Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda:
Pierre Gasly - 4/10 - my fault for picking him this week!
Yuki Tsunoda - 6/10

Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen:
Kimi Räikkönen - 6/10
Antonio Giovinazzi - 5/10

Haas F1 Team:
Nikita Mazepin - 2/10
Mick Schumacher - 6/10

Williams Racing:
Nicholas Latifi - 5/10
George Russell - 9/10 - gutted for him.  points genuinely looked a possibility

[Chrill]

Well this is awkward. I'll do France right away and then Styria later tonight or tomorrow.