Have you got a... oh, driver! - Christine's Rankings, Week 4 - The season kicks off in Australia, with bad ads and racing planes
Published by Christine
This week, our fearless drivers set off for unknown adventures in Australia, finally getting to try out their new machinery for the year ahead - with mixed results. Christine's Rankings focuses on their off-track antics, however, and thus it is to the advertising hoardings and the pre-race activities we turn out attention. Points are taken off today for some shocking hair, whilst there are slightly more positive entries for charity visits and grilling your teammate - not literally.
Don't forget you can have your say on the rankings, despite the fact it's my name on the board. Send your pointsworthy suggestions to christine@sidepodcast.com, or tweet directly to @f1rankings. Look forward to hearing from you!
Movements for Week 4
- +2 Lewis Hamilton: Getting on the bus to go sight-seeing in Sydney. "First time on a bus since school." Man of the people!
- +1 Fernando Alonso: The Ellen selfie has been overdone, of course, but a point to Fernando for celebrating being front and centre in the F1 version.
- +2 Lewis Hamilton: Spending some time at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne - bet this girl is teaching him a thing or two for the upcoming race!
- +2 Adrian Sutil: Someone's a penguin fan! Priorities: "After a fantastic evening at the penguins parade on Phillip Island yesterday which is truly cute and beautiful,it's time to focus on #F12014."
- +2 Daniel Ricciardo: Taking on the Australian Air Force, with a race against a fighter jet. "The craziest part was looking in my mirrors and seeing a Hornet – I'm just used to other Formula One cars behind me."
- -2 Romain Grosjean: Romain occasionally gets helmet hair, but this is taking things a bit too far.
- +3 Felipe Massa: Paying tribute to friend Michael Schumacher with a helmet logo and dealing well with a press conference question.
- +1 Lewis Hamilton: Not punching the security guard who moved to stop him getting back in the circuit, after stopping on track.
- +2 Sebastian Vettel: Love this video between teammates, and a good response to the question regarding how much say he had about who got the second Red Bull seat.
- +2 Daniel Ricciardo: Love this video between teammates, Daniel's not afraid to probe the quadruple champion for the tough information!
- +1 Kamui Kobayashi: Learning to deal with the downsides to Twitter.
- +2 Daniel Ricciardo: Engaging the home crowd with a spot of hat-throwing during the driver's parade.
Standings for Week 4
| Pos | Name | Change | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Daniel Ricciardo | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | 5 | Lewis Hamilton | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | -2 | Kamui Kobayashi | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | -2 | Max Chilton | 6 | |
| 5 | -2 | Jean-Éric Vergne | 6 | |
| 6 | -2 | Sergio Pérez | 5 | |
| 7 | -2 | Jenson Button | 4 | |
| 8 | 7 | Felipe Massa | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | -1 | Nico Hülkenberg | 3 | |
| 10 | 8 | Sebastian Vettel | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | -1 | Esteban Gutiérrez | 2 | |
| 12 | -1 | Daniil Kvyat | 2 | |
| 13 | -1 | Kevin Magnussen | 2 | |
| 14 | 8 | Adrian Sutil | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | 4 | Fernando Alonso | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | -3 | Jules Bianchi | 1 | |
| 17 | -3 | Valtteri Bottas | 1 | |
| 18 | -2 | Kimi Räikkönen | 1 | |
| 19 | -2 | Nico Rosberg | 1 | |
| 20 | 0 | Marcus Ericsson | 0 | |
| 21 | 0 | Pastor Maldonado | 0 | |
| 22 | -13 | Romain Grosjean | -2 | 0 |
