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I don't know why people won't give Max credit for not binning it very often if at all last year. It is a very impressive accomplishment for a rookie, and if he maintains that sort of driving this year, tied in with the less reliable engines, he could well score on several occasions.

This appeared in Autosport.com's driver ratings for Brazil, it is referencing Max Chilton



I know the old cliche of "to finish first, first you have to finish" but Max has finished last of the runners in 12 out of 19 races and despite officially completing every race, he did so by finishing a total of 28 laps down.

Now I remember in 2001 when Jean Alesi was an accident with Kimi Raikkonen away from finishing every race that year. But he did so in an era where there was high rates of unreliability (as demonstrated in his accident with Kimi), plus he was competing for points (top 6 back then remember) driving for both Prost and Jordan. Now that is a feat.

Seriously though, what I am supposed to be "willing to recognise"? I'm happy for Marussia and John Booth's team, but I find it hard to accept an average to poor pay driver in F1 celebrating this milestone. To me, it is rather empty.

I wouldn't be surprised if he ended up beating someone like Maldonado in the standings.

I'd like to have what you are smoking right now.

The only way any Marussia is going to score points is through luck and good reliability. A driver who doesn't crash or generally rag the equipment will be worth a lot of money this season.



Can't score points if you break the car every weekend.

As he doesn't deserve a place on the grid, I don't expect him to beat anyone.

If people want to and are happy to support and celebrate mediocrity on the F1 grid then that's fine by me. But I won't.

EDIT 2: Chilton might even outscore Maldonado on the basis that Maldonado doesn't have a seat for this season.

Lotus still have no engine supplier. No engine = no racing.

Engine? They don't exist in F1 2014