Biggest Disappointment of the Year: Felipe Massa
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1st: Felipe Massa
It's difficult to locate a single positive in Massa's season, but I suppose finishing fifth at his home race will do. It equalled his best finish of the season, and that says much about how poor his form has been.
But that a man I expected little of managed to win my award for the biggest disappointment says far more.
2nd: Lewis Hamilton
By the standards that fans expect, Lewis expects and McLaren expects, 2011 was a dreadful season. Far too many errors and lacklustre performances left him fifth overall in the standings, despite three wins.
He received more criticism than the rest of the grid combined, and probably more penalties too.
3rd: Mark Webber
Few expected Mark Webber to beat Sebastian Vettel, but surely we expected better performances from the Australian. His only win of the season came in the final race at Interlagos, but for most of the year he wouldn't have been second to pick it up after Vettel's gearbox issues.
He's very much a number two and is treated as such by Red Bull, but in that car his results were inexcusably poor.