I am all to aware how disjointed this weekend has become considering the chequered flag was waved on Sunday and it is now Tuesday and things have yet to be completed - but then again sometimes it does take till Tuesday to calculate the points. Just this time I haven't announced them yet and that is why I am making this post to unveil those drivers who will be awarded those all important bonus points from the event, and of course who gets penalty points.
Once again people of the internet - of the five people who actually read these things I offer my sincerest thanks for sticking with this over the weekend and the days that followed as things haven't been as smooth. The combination of Le Mans, a late GP start time and of course the sheer level of entertainment that race provided have knocked things out of line and normal service should be in place for the European GP in Valencia on that 'Street' circuit they have there.
The Official Bonus Point Championship points winners
Well where do I even begin giving points - in a weekend filled with so much entertainment gazed at under the murky haze of sleep deprivation and after 24hrs of one other closest Le Mans in years I was a little ill prepared for the magnitude of the GP. I even had to embarrassingly watch the highlights of the race to make yesterdays post due to the number of things going on and even they highlights didn't show everything that happened in the race missing out the clumsy marshal and the demise of both Force India cars. So as a result today's points allocation will - as with the quali points - be a little different, adding a degree of flexibility to the system, where as only 10 drivers/teams will get points to keep the championship fair only auxiliary entities will be extra.
10 points: Jenson Button: He won and isn't Vettel which is a nice change - on older slicks at the end too
8 points: Michael Schumacher: The old guy isn't done yet, a surprisingly strong result showing he is still very good in the changeable conditions, giving Rosberg a beating and almost making the podium
6 points: Mark Webber: Still on the podium after being binned to 14th, and for being the first man to have the balls to go onto the slick tyres when the margin for error was so small.
6 points: Canada - You mad country you, has to get points for that... but leaving the door open for the possibility for even better races this year....I can hope anyway. I challenged Canada in Monaco to beat that and they certainly did.
5 points: Vitaly Petrov: 5th is a strong result and he didn't crash in challenging conditions or hit anyone much, might have hit Kamui but cameras didn't pick it up
5 points: Le Mans 24hrs: Probably should get penalty points for messing up my blog timing but it was a fantastic experience even though it was from the sofa can't wait to the next one
4 points: Hispania Racing: For not being last, and on top of that being the best of the newer teams at the end of the race, for a team that were too slow in Australia that is amazing
4 points: Audi - For winning the greatest race in the world with two cars completely destroyed
3 points: Rain - Even though Canada doesn't need water to make things interesting just look at the race it created and for making Le Mans more exciting in the final two hours
2: points: Renault Squadron - For being the most entertaining during the long two hour interval we encountered
1: point: The final point goes to One-stop Perez 2.0 who in his first race in the car for a while thrown in at the last minute, borrowed from McLaren finished one of the craziest races on the lead lap but outside the real points so he can have this one.
The Also Official Penalties Championship
In a race when madness is unleashed there will be penalties handed out for those being a little over optimistic or just generally making fools of themselves, and Canada was no exception. The queue outside the stewards office was longer then Alain Prost's nose with so many people under investigation for one thing or another. Despite only completing 7 laps Hamilton was involved in three investigations, and two for winner Button so here are how the penalties were dished out.
- Jenson Button - Drive Through: Speeding behind the safety car
- Paul Di Resta - Drive Through: Attacking Squadron Leader Heidfeld
- Jerome D'Ambrosio: Drive Through: Fitting Intermediate tyres before the restart
- Adrian Sutil - Drive Through: Overtaking behind the safety car
- Narain Karthekeyan: 20s Post Race Time Penalty: Cutting the final chicane gaining a position and not giving it back
Investigations involving Button v Hamilton, and Button v Alonso were deemed racing incidents
Investigations involving Hamilton v Webber, Petrov v Kobayashi, and Sutil v Rosberg - no action taken
The No Less Official Dodgy Dealings Championship
The stewards can only do so much, only penalising people who have broken official regulations but for those moments which aren't illegal or punishable there's this table. To point out those drivers/teams/other people who are up to no good.
- Monsoon Rains - I like a wet race as much as the next guy but a biblical storm is a little too much sitting around for two hours isn't great, and of course the magnitude of the rain forces the SC so those on stupid tyres weren't punished.
- Heath and Safety - Twice the race was impacted by health and safety over-cautiousness firstly starting behind the safety car and then on the restart running around endlessly again behind the safety car until inters were needed, and then penalising a guy for switching. (2 PP)
- Duel DRS - The two zone system opened up some flaws in it's setting - allowing drivers who passed in the first zone to use it again to pull away. And on the back straight it looked far too easy to make passes
- The tumbling marshal - Of course the marshals at a circuit are integral and exceptional individuals but this guy wasn't one of them being more of a hindrance then anything else. How Perez 2.0 missed him for laughing is a mystery
- Lewis Hamilton - For this permanent disposition where anything is not his fault, his immediate reaction is to blame someone else. Even claimed he was half way alongside Button - same claim he placed before hitting Massa in Monaco.
So now I shall go and total up those scores but this weekend is going to close things up at the top of the table as the field try and close up on Kobayashi out front. In the penalties table McLaren are leading the way, and Hamilton stays out front in the dodgy dealings cup.
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