[Official] Rate the race: Italian Grand Prix

[Born Racer]

How do you rate the race?

[Aysedasi]

4.

It would have been a 2, but for Hamilton and Raikkonen reminding me it was a race towards the end.

Spa and Monza. Such pale shadows.

[nicanary]

As is my custom, I recorded it whilst out shopping for vittles. I inadvertently saw the result, and to be frank I can't be bothered to watch the actual event. I've been on the verge of this for some time now, and it's happened.

Will this be my last GP ? I'd return to the fray if the sport returns to a semblance of what it was pre-BCE. Which won't happen.

[GT6]

Well not exactly the best race I have seen but the lower positions made it slightly less boring gave it a 3

[Marbot]

Originally Posted by nicanary

Will this be my last GP ? I'd return to the fray if the sport returns to a semblance of what it was pre-BCE. Which won't happen.

I'm a little puzzled by your post. I've seen way more boring racing at Monza pre-BCE. The best car and driver won, which is what usually happened pre-BCE. The race was actually quite closely fought, which hardly ever happened pre-BCE. To be complaining now about what is happening post-BCE seems to be leaving it rather late with regard to this being your last GP?

Oh, err....7 for me.

Shout out for the stupid people who 'boo' at F1 races.

[Biscuits In A Red Bull]

I have to be consistent and Hamilton made it slightly more enjoyable than Spa, so a VERY GENEROUS 6

[nicanary]

Originally Posted by Marbot

I'm a little puzzled by your post. I've seen way more boring racing at Monza pre-BCE. The best car and driver won, which is what usually happened pre-BCE. The race was actually quite closely fought, which hardly ever happened pre-BCE. To be complaining now about what is happening post-BCE seems to be leaving it rather late with regard to this being your last GP?

Oh, err....7 for me.

Shout out for the stupid people who 'boo' at F1 races.

It's not the first time I've been accused of muddled thinking. It's not this particular race, just the whole "organised circus" thing. I didn't watch it, and I haven't missed it. So I guess I'm not cut out to be an F1 fan.

[FordCosworthPanoz]

4

Spa and Monza were two of the worst races of the year, odd.

[ECW Dan Selby]

Utter snoozefest. Once the drizzle stopped before the race, we knew what way it'd go.

If Vettel's leading in to T1, it's game over. The guy knows to push like hell in the first two laps and build up a 1 second plus gap, and it works.

I almost think Red Bull try to give us some fake tension in the final few laps with these issues :P

The DRS still bothers me. I'd rather have a pure boring race than one with a few dirty swaps for position. They still don't feel like legit passes to me. Just listen to the lack of excitement in the commentator's voices...

I was driven in to a nap midway through, too. That's never really happened to me apart from the last two races...

Selby

[Aysedasi]

Originally Posted by ECW Dan Selby

I almost think Red Bull try to give us some fake tension in the final few laps with these issues :P

Interesting comment - I can't help but admit that the same thing ran through my mind.....

Originally Posted by ECW Dan Selby

I was driven in to a nap midway through, too. That's never really happened to me apart from the last two races...

I missed 5 straight laps from about 33-38.....

[ECW Dan Selby]

haha! Sounds identical, mate...

I just think, have the tyres from 2011/12 that require 2/3 stops, rid of the DRS, then you'll have overtakes and guys stalking eachother gradually lap after lap. THAT'S what racing is! Everyone has the same tyre options. That's all fair, surely?

Btw, I voted 4, same as Spa.

Selby

[IceMan_PJN]

I think I rated this lower than I've ever rated a race. If it wasn't for Lewis and maybe Kimi, there wouldn't really even be anything to discuss and little to have happened.

[ECW Dan Selby]

The racing's been crap since we lost the gimmicky tyres... And I was fine with them. It was genuinely the same for all.

Selby

[Greem]

5.

At last the TV director decided to cover the battles down the field (Hamilton's late charge was a highlight) but didn't make it any more interesting than it was, which it wasn't.

If you see what I mean.

At least I watched this race without a hangover!

[bjohnsonsmith]

I can't say this was the best Italian GP I've ever seen. I was hoping for some good racing after a disappointing Spa. There were some mid-field battles but too far and too few. I thought Alonso's overtake of Webber was the best part of the race. 4.

[Aysedasi]

Originally Posted by Greem

5.


At least I watched this race without a hangover!

I wish I'd had a hangover......

[Bononi]

4. A TGF style of race...

[Sodemo]

Needed rain.

[Aysedasi]

They could have had some of mine......

[MJones94]

What with the prospect of the field starting on intermediates, I was hoping for a similar re-run to the 2004 Italian GP.

A 5 for me

[andy666]

5 , Hoping for more but did not really happen , Webber /Alonso was good and good to see the Hulk running strong .

[JeremySmith]

Not bad I gave it a 5.... It's the first race I have seen in a while ...

The Vettel domination is becoming a bit of a bore..

[chunder]

The machine wins again

Good lukc trying to sell this garbage SKY

You can literally feel the power buttons being turned off.

Somebody do something for Gods sake this is utter, utter utter garbage.

If I wanted to watch a one man show I would buy a DVD of Frank Carson or something.

[Aysedasi]

Originally Posted by chunder

If I wanted to watch a one man show I would buy a DVD of Frank Carson or something.

Yep. That, for me, is the quote of the day - by a significant margin.......

[Mekola]

7. Quite high? Hamilton did great entertaining.