A bumper week for Christine's Rankings
In which Chandhok picks up a haul of rankings points
Published by Christine Blachford

With the return of Formula One, and the Bahrain Grand Prix, comes a mammoth week for Christine's Rankings. Drivers have been in the spotlight more than ever since our ranking system was introduced, and there was plenty to take note of.
Chandhok, in particular, has done very well. After such a difficult start to the season for the new Hispania driver, he carried himself well and went up in a lot of people's estimation. Meanwhile Kobayashi finally gets some points on the board this week.
Movements for Week 6
- +10 Karun Chandhok: +2 for this funny Twitpic (spotted by Pat), +2 for the quote: "The more time they spend talking to me, the less time they have to work on the car", +2 for just wanting to keep out of everyone's way, +2 for being calm when all the odds were against him, and +2 for being generally quite awesome.
- +4 Mark Webber: +1 for having a peek at the McLaren and +3 for a fabulous tweet.
- -1 Lucas di Grassi: -1 because he just wasn't visible enough over the weekend.
- +2 Fernando Alonso: +2 for weaving his way across the finish line. It's a risky game but it's good to see a happy A-Lo again.
- +2 Rubens Barrichello: +2 for being cheeky about Schumacher on the BBC build up.
- +2 Nico Rosberg: +2 for finishing ahead of Schumi in every single session.
- -1 Heikki Kovalainen: +1 for a shiny new website but -2 for reminding me about the horse.
- +2 Jenson Button: +2 because the ad that lost him points last week was actually quite funny.
- +1 Kamui Kobayashi: +1 for a rather fun overtaking move during Free Practice.
- -2 Michael Schumacher: -2 for wearing a purple scarf like the one I am never going to wear again.
Standings for Week 6
| Pos | Name | Change | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | Karun Chandhok | 10 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | Mark Webber | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | -1 | Timo Glock | 8.5 | |
| 4 | -3 | Lucas di Grassi | -1 | 8 |
| 5 | -1 | Fernando Alonso | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | Rubens Barrichello | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | -1 | Felipe Massa | 4 | |
| 8 | 4 | Nico Rosberg | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | -2 | Sebastian Vettel | 4 | |
| 10 | -5 | Heikki Kovalainen | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | -2 | Lewis Hamilton | 2 | |
| 12 | -2 | Nico Hülkenberg | 2 | |
| 13 | -2 | Robert Kubica | 2 | |
| 14 | -1 | Jaime Alguersuari | 1 | |
| 15 | 11 | Jenson Button | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | 4 | Kamui Kobayashi | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | -2 | Bruno Senna | 1 | |
| 18 | -2 | Sébastien Buemi | 0 | |
| 19 | -2 | Pedro de la Rosa | 0 | |
| 20 | -2 | Nick Heidfeld | 0 | |
| 21 | -2 | Christian Klien | 0 | |
| 22 | -1 | Tonio Liuzzi | 0 | |
| 23 | -1 | Vitaly Petrov | 0 | |
| 24 | -1 | Adrian Sutil | 0 | |
| 25 | -1 | Jarno Trulli | 0 | |
| 26 | -1 | Sakon Yamamoto | 0 | |
| 27 | 0 | Michael Schumacher | -2 | -8 |
It's been a fabulous week watching the drivers do what they do, and thanks to everyone who pointed things out that should be considered for the rankings. More of the same for next week, please.







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