F1 Review 2008

During the year I maintain my own table, and my own (fairer, I think) points system. Here are the tables and a few comments on each of the drivers and teams. My points scheme is at the bottom, Max can use it if he wants to.


Drivers

Team	Driver	Points	Pete's Points	Comments
McLaren-Mercedes	Lewis Hamilton	98	1035	A well deserved win. Lewis has grown, but still must avoid the 'boy racer' within. Congratulations!
Ferrari	Felipe Massa	97	1014	Great year, and probably should be the champion. The team did not perform well enough.
Ferrari	Kimi Räikkönen	75	832	Dissapointing. I was expecting so much more. Where is the hunger, the drive. Too many races didn't start until half way through. With my points system Kimi is clearly third.
BMW-Sauber	Robert Kubica	75	812	A real talent, once again the team strategy was questionable. Looking forwar to next year
Renault	Fernando Alonso	61	707	Still a brilliant driver, and a great opportunist
BMW-Sauber	Nick Heidfeld	60	681	I'm really not sure, sometimes brilliant, sometime not good enough
McLaren-Mercedes	Heikki Kovalainen	53	611	A bit of a disappointment, only one win, but that may not be the problem, too many 5th or lower places is the problem. Seems to loose something on race day.
Torro Rosso	Sebastian Vettel	35	416	The surprise package of the year, and for me the driver with the most promise.
Toyota	Jarno Trulli	31	414	Still a good driver, and still doing what he does best
Toyota	Timo Glock	25	369	A much improved driver over the year.
Red Bull Racing	Mark Webber	21	344	Not quite weher he should be, but its difficult to tell - is it the team?
Renault	Nelsinho Piquet	19	326	Probably hasn't made the grade
Williams	Nico Rosberg	17	256	Another driver who can be brilliant, and the dissapointing, but there is still much to come.
Honda	Rubens Barrichello	11	222	He's in the Honda team. The longest serving driver now, and I hope he's back next year.
Williams	Kazuki Nakajima	9	217	Probably hasn't made the grade.
Red Bull Racing	David Coulthard	8	213	What a way to retire. Good luck for the future.
Torro Rosso	Sebastien Bourdais	4	168	Has not live up to the hype, but then who does? Shows once again how difficult it is for other types of racing driver to convert to F1.
Honda	Jenson Button	3	165	He's in the Honda team, but really should have beaten Rubens.
Super Aguri-Honda	Takuma Sato	0	90	Was doing much better until his team went under
Force India	Giancarlo Fisichella	0	44	As drivers get to the end of their career they move into the slower teams to help them develop, some like Giancarlo pull a few surprises too.
Force India	Adrian Sutil	0	23	Has had a few good runs, and lots of bad luck (Kimi was his worst luck).
Super Aguri-Honda	Anthony Davidson	0	15	Shame we no longer have Anthony Driving. Perhaps he can commentate sometime as his interview were always interesting.

Teams

Team	Points	Pete's Points	Comments
Ferrari	172	1846	Really should have been more dominant, with two championship capable drivers, why weren't they off into the distance by half way through.
McLaren-Mercedes	151	1646	Following last years problems, they bounced back well. A good year.
BMW-Sauber	135	1519	Met there goals and stopped (bit of a shame), but if they end up winning next year it will be worth it.
Renault	80	937	A bit of a surprise, but perhaps it shouldn't have been, with the old team back together.
Toyota	56	783	Slowly, slowly, but will this tortoise ever beat the F1 rabbits?
Torro Rosso	39	561	Brilliant end to the year, it may be something to do with getting better engines. That's what teams are supposed to do.
Red Bull Racing	29	548	Oh dear! Beaten by the younger brother!
Williams	26	581	Once a dominant force, and showing signs, but the driver selection need a review.
Honda	14	381	It was never going to be their year, but the team is investing in the future
Super Aguri	0	134	Gone, but not forgotten
Force India	0	38	The new Minardi (but no relation). Still not bad for the first season.

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