CCYoshi's 'Double Trouble' Race Reports: Hockenheim and Hungaroring
Point Scorers:
10: Paajanen, Midland (Took home the win at Hockenheim rather dominantly, but failed to impress in Hungary.)
10: Haswell, Renault (Collision ruined race and continued free fall in Germany, but gets back on track with an absolute runaway win at Hungaroring.)
8: Davidson, Honda (Went spinning in the rain at Hockenheim, but managed to finish rather comfortably on the podium in the 2nd race.)
8: Kawasie, Super Aguri (Had an exciting race in Germany after colliding on the first lap, pitting 4 times but still taking 2nd! However more unscheduled pitstops ruined his race.)
8: Machiels, Toyota (Scored in both races, one of only two to do so. Neither race was rather eventful, but a 6th and a 4th are nothing to complain about.)
7: Domingues, BMW (Taken out of the lead by force in Germany but chased back to a podium, and overcame more issues in Hungary to grab one more point. )
6: Beyens, Ferrari (Wrecked on the last lap at Germany, dropping from 4th! Managed to survive mroe collisions in Hungary to score a podium.)
5: Taylor, Williams (A pretty unexciting race both times, although one was quite better than the other.)
4: Butler, Williams (Came home right behind Taylor in the first race, and retired quick in the second.)
4: Dubois, Aguri (Miserable Germany race but a good quali in Hungary helped him score some points.)
3: Whitcomb, Renault (Extremely mediocre in both races. Where is Renault's domination?)
2: Keller, Midland (Many mistakes in Germany, but still scored two points. No mistakes in Hungary, took home a goose egg.)
1: McLaren, McLaren (McLaren, both driver and team, seem to be getting extremely unreliable as of late. He barely clawed to a point in Germany, and couldn't finish in Hungary.)
1: Hutchinson, Ferrari (Neither race good to write home about. Rather lackluster season for Ferrari.)
Casualty Count:
Horton (Hockenheim 1): Good start until he got torpedoed by Kawasie.
Smith (Hockenheim 9): Bloodshed continued as Mason tried a little too hard to get by him, spinning the Midland off into the barriers.
Orchard (Hockenheim 48): Had a few moments in the points before making a bobble at turn one that somehow destroyed his engine the next lap. Isn't technology great?
Bathie (Hockenheim 53): Also had moments in the point spotlight before jumping a curb at the first turn and beaching it.
Davidson (Hockenheim 62): Another one bites the dust at turn one.
Beyens (Hockenehim Final): With the end in sight, lost concentration momentarily and parked the car backwards, in the wall from 4th.
Butler (Hungaroring 27): Throttle cable broke or something and car refused to budge. Not much to do then!
McLaren (Hungaroring 54): Running a unusually mediocre race when he locked up the tires and catapulted into the sand.
Mason (Hungaroring 67): Got the door literally slammed in his face when trying to pass a Ferrari, with the resulting front-end damage knocking him out of the race.
Consistency Award:
Only two drivers were able to score points in both races, and neither were particularly big scores. Nobody averaged more than 5 points over both races! No wonder the championship is so close.
Defining Moment: Beyens retiring, Hockenheim Last Lap
Remember season 6? When he took home the championship? What has happened since? He's only got 15 points and tossed away 4 more recently. Sometimes things just don't work out...
