[Zdmlscid]

Garry, take your wife to a nice ital restaurant and have great evening...you really need it

[maxfieldj1]

Garry, take your wife to a nice ital restaurant and have great evening...you really need it

Actually we have planned an evening of hot sauna (which is heating up as we speak) and pool (the watery kind that is). So no worries about my sanity

[lesso73]

The driver of the race was obviously Kimi Räikkönen, from 11th on the grid to 2nd.

[anconueys]

Hard to pick the driver of the race. There were a lot of really good drives throughout the field.

Until I see more views of the Rosberg incidents, I'm going to call the Mclaren crew the donkeys for screwing Hamilton up.

From the angles we got on the broadcast it appeared that Rosberg/Hamilton was a legit move by Nico blocking. Nico/Fernando looked like it might have been slightly over the line but most likely just hard racing. Did anyone get any overhead shots?

[yQvpyNt3]

The driver of the race was obviously Kimi Räikkönen, from 11th on the grid to 2nd.

Without doubt a great drive by Kimi. As much as I'm a Kimi fan I couldn't give him the driver spot because he had a tire advantage that was partly luck really. If he hadn't just got knocked out of final qualification he probably would have had less tires, but would have started farther up the grid. Either way you look at it, great drive.

[avarberickibe]

The best for me was Kimi! Second, GrosJean. Third Felipe Massa!!

[BorBitExatini]

Without doubt a great drive by Kimi. As much as I'm a Kimi fan I couldn't give him the driver spot because he had a tire advantage that was partly luck really. If he hadn't just got knocked out of final qualification he probably would have had less tires, but would have started farther up the grid. Either way you look at it, great drive.

It was their choice yesterday, they made the call not to go out to save tires knowing they might get bumped. That's according to Bouillier and Kimi. I don't understand why some people put Grosjean as the driver of the race, I mean he started in front of his teammate but was comfortably beaten by Kimi

[Pyuvjzwf]

I understand the bump, as they rolled the dice and just missed out. And don't get me wrong, I'm a big Kimi supporter and was very happy to see his return to F1.

As for Romain, I think a lot of the support is due to his experience level. To be beaten by Kimi in an equal car really isn't a bad thing.

[oneliRafmeene]

Kimi for sure. Iceman is truly back in his old form.
What a season this is. I love it. Must be great for F1 as a sport.

[Goodwin]

I understand the bump, as they rolled the dice and just missed out. And don't get me wrong, I'm a big Kimi supporter and was very happy to see his return to F1.

As for Romain, I think a lot of the support is due to his experience level. To be beaten by Kimi in an equal car really isn't a bad thing.

Yep, it was a good performance from Grosjean, no doubt about it.

[sueplydup]

Donkey is definitely Bernie. It was a great race, but how much bad publicity does he want? Sports shouldn't be criticised by Amnesty!

[mGUuZRyA]

Without doubt a great drive by Kimi. As much as I'm a Kimi fan I couldn't give him the driver spot because he had a tire advantage that was partly luck really. If he hadn't just got knocked out of final qualification he probably would have had less tires, but would have started farther up the grid. Either way you look at it, great drive.

That wasn't 'luck', being bumped out of Q3. The team wanted him to go out again at the end of Q2, but he said 'shove it, you screwed me on tires last time, I'm saving them'. That's what I love about him, he's not chickening away from telling the team 'I'm doing it MY way' and it worked out perfectly.

[Edisesyethisp]

Donkey is definitely Bernie. It was a great race, but how much bad publicity does he want? Sports shouldn't be criticised by Amnesty!

I think that with a race that close and interesting, in the end the result for the sport will be good.

[Lipitorseffec]

Kimi, Vettel and the Bahraini opposition, all of whom did very well today. Grosjean and Massa are honourable mentions, nice to see the latter harass Alonso for a good while.

[minowz]

Hamilton did a good job to keep it cool considering two botched pitstops so I think he deserves some credit. Other than that I'd give driver of the race to Kimi for a splendid job to catch Vettel. Vettel and Grosjean did a good race. MS also did a fine job to finish 10 tenth from 22nd.

The whole entire race was a donkey indeed. Drivers having to nurse their tyres for half the race and gingerly guide their cars around the track in this day and age is ridiculous but the political situation in Bahrain notwithstanding the race should have never been held.

McLaren get the team of the donkey for me, once again costing themselves and one of their drivers valuable points due to botched pitstops.

[Queuerriptota]

Absolute Driver of the day: Raikkonen for me. We all knew (or thought we did) that Mclaren, Mercedes and RB had a winning pace today, but for Raikkonen to finish there from 11th on the grid is very impressive.

Other Mentions:
Vettel: A fine drive. Great First Lap
Grosjean: A fantastic race, he drove well and delivered the performance we all wanted to see and gave Lotus a massive boost for the comeback to Europe.
di Resta: Did a really well on a hard 2 stopper, where others failed and scored some great points.
Massa: A solid drive, kept Fernando in sight and got his first points.
Schumacher: He has had terrible luck this year. GearBox, Slow Car, Bad Mechanics, then a team call yesterday. So got a deserved point after a hard comeback drive.

As for Donkeys:
Bernie
Mclaren Pit Man
Ricciardo: Might not be fair (maybe he had an issue I don't know about), but plummeted from 6th to 15th behind his team mate.

[Agitoligflise]

Kimi and Grosjean

same 2 also deserve a half donkey , or rather Boullier for not telling Grosjean to let kimi pass and hunt down vettel
it probably cost them the win in my book.

Its odd how such obvious calls as bringing the guys in earlier, letting driver 1, pass driver 2, using the undercut etc seem so clear to us, but somehow those guys on the paddock walls continue to screw it up.
The worst amongst them being Renault/Lotus

[Txaizdxx]

I can't single out anyone in particular for driver of the race. Vettel, Räikkönen, Grosjean and di Resta drove magnificient races.

As for the donkey, McLaren take it by quite a distance, but an honorable mention should go to Rosberg for excellence in Schumacher-esque defending, and perhaps the stewards for not even giving him a reprimand.

[irrawnWab]

same 2 also deserve a half donkey , or rather Boullier for not telling Grosjean to let kimi pass and hunt down vettel
it probably cost them the win in my book.

Its odd how such obvious calls as bringing the guys in earlier, letting driver 1, pass driver 2, using the undercut etc seem so clear to us, but somehow those guys on the paddock walls continue to screw it up.
The worst amongst them being Renault/Lotus

I thought it strange that without any radio transmissions the Speed announcers stated that Grosjean must have been ordered to let Kimi pass. I didn't think it looked quite that easy, but anything is possible.

I also have to wonder if after having his one real shot at Vettel the Kimster started thinking about what happens if you push the tires too hard for too long and he backed out of it.

[GohJHM9k]

Donkey Team: Mclaren for messing up Lewis' race for the second time and once to Jenson. It's 3 out of 4 races they cocked up in the pit stop and the team really needs to take a hard look into this issue.
Best Team: RBR for coming back after the lack luster performance in the last few races.
Driver(s) of the day: Vettel. The vintage Vettel is back with the finger and the podium leap minus the infamous quote "That's what I'm talking about!" Quick get away, avoided traffic and pit stop cock up to make the strategy work, defended when needed to from Kimi in the second stint and managed the tires well in the final stint to win the race. More importantly, this win reaffirms his the no. 1 driver in the team; despite being out qualified in the last 3 races, he answered the skeptics by snatching a pole and a win that matters the most.
Honorary mention:
Kimi for his fantastic 1st & 2nd stint from 11th to 2nd. The extra sets of new tires, DRS, KERS & the track layout made the feat possible but it's still requires the incredible skills in Kimi to pull off the overtakings.
MS for turning around a horrendous saturday outings and moved 12 places up to 10th from 22nd and core a point along the way.
Di Resta for his control drive to make the 2 stop strategy work.
Donkey of the day: Maybe Ricciardo & Heikki for the incident at the beginning of the race. I'm not sure if it's a racing incident but for sure it's a waste of all the saturday's qualifying effort for both.