Nurburgring Foot-in-the-mouth Award

This award, for the European GP goes, in general terms, to the Renault F1 team for so spectacularly counting out Ferrari, and thinking Imola was a one-off.

More specifically, this award goes to Rod Nelson, who is Fernando Alonso's race engineer, for saying this :

To be totally honest, I thought their performance in Imola would be an isolated thing and I was surprised to see them so competitive in qualifying here. However, I think they have gone for quite soft tyres this weekend. They are quick on one lap, but they seem to lose performance after two or three laps. So we are feeling pretty confident.

Rod must be busy eating his words now, as must the entire Renault team including Alonso .
Renault failed to see the obvious signs in Free Practice and quite clearly, were shocked and rattled by Ferrari's consistent pace throughout the weekend.