[Official] Rate the race: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

[Born Racer]

What score do you give it?

[TheMightyM]

Originally Posted by Born Racer

What score do you give it?

4, and being generous at that. Top four spots never in any serious doubt. Only question is where the Ferraris would end up.

[Aysedasi]

4 from me too. A few tasty overtakes but the same old 'same old' really.

[paddy]

I gave it two for the sunset. It's the last time I'll bother this season my lifetime love of Grand Prix racing has finally run out. It's boring, predictable and lacking in passion and excitement.

[alan1302]

Originally Posted by paddy

I gave it two for the sunset. It's the last time I'll bother this season my lifetime love of Grand Prix racing has finally run out. It's boring, predictable and lacking in passion and excitement.

See you again next year

[Aysedasi]

It'll be better next year then....? Ye Gods, we can only hope so.

[andy666]

3 , A race ruined by 2 DRS zones one after another , I will overtake you in the first zone , through the chicane and then you can come past me in the second zone , pointless but I suppose it does put the overtake count up . How about some consistency with the stewards ? Sutil gets past 2 cars while exploring the car park and gets away with it !

[Adam43]

I liked it. Just a GP where they found out who wast the best driver and car. Fun to see some work out how to use two DRS zones. An impressive track and an eclipse of the sun to boot.

[Bononi]

4. We can always hope for better next race.

[Aysedasi]

I just like the pretty colours. Must have been an 8 then.......

[Beryl]

6. Slightly above average race.

Some of you guys might want to find something other than watching F1 to spend your time watching. I don't understand how you can moan about every race in an era with an unprecedented amount on track action and still enjoy the sport/show.

[Aysedasi]

Unprecedented? A few DRS overtakes, a Ferrari driver in desperation out of the pits and one driver sailing into the distance - again, and again, and again. I really must have missed something.....

[andy666]

Originally Posted by Beryl

6. Slightly above average race.

Some of you guys might want to find something other than watching F1 to spend your time watching. I don't understand how you can moan about every race in an era with an unprecedented amount on track action and still enjoy the sport/show.

I am thinking about finding something else to do with my time at weekends , the only thing keeping me hanging on at the moment are the changes next year . Perhaps I moan because I am not enjoying the sport/show so much .

[blaffer]

2.
Dullest race of the season on the dullest track of the calendar.
Vettel's donuts were the most exciting event of the weekend.

[Aysedasi]

At least I'm relieved I'm not the only one.

[sparkione]

Ghastly place, turgid race. Bet Kimi wishes he hadn't bothered turning up.

One point for Seb's donuts, another for Mark's.

[jsTrecu]

Gave it a four, just for the donuts...

Felt like a three hour race, certainly in the talk for the worst race of the season.
All those tarmac run offs are killing an already below average track.
Drivers could even overtake using them, and the waaaay too long consecutive DRS zones are crap, because most drivers seemed to regain the position on the second one.

Looking forward to Austin.

[Beryl]

Originally Posted by Aysedasi

Unprecedented? A few DRS overtakes, a Ferrari driver in desperation out of the pits and one driver sailing into the distance - again, and again, and again. I really must have missed something.....

Whether you like the DRS or not, there's more overtaking in the "pirelli era" than any other in the history of F1. There's also far more cars finishing on the lead lap and the cars are as close to each other in performance as they've ever been. You might not like what it is specifically, but you can't deny there's more on-track action then there's there's been in a while, if ever. I remember when there was sometimes more engine blowups in a race than there were overtakes.

This race was pretty interesting. The top 4 were set after Webber overtook Rosberg, but 5th-10th were constantly in flux and there was action on track between Hamilton, the Ferraris, the Saubers, the Force Indias and Perez. Not a great one but certainly worth watching, and the cars looked great under the artificial lights too.

[Paradise City]

It's Mario Kart stuff. If you like that, then your in heaven, if you don't then you are in trouble. It's overtaking but it's trivial sling shot stuff. Distant are the days when you slowly hauled in your opponent, attempting to unsettle him and with good racecraft, passed. OK, you might still get a bit of that but it's often lost in confusing clutter of constant pitstops and penelope pitstop overtakes.

All to draw in the masses.

[Danny27]

4. Not much to say about it

[wnut]

Originally Posted by Danny27

4. Not much to say about it

This!

Even when there is action, it occurs in the middle of a tarmac sea and is so sanitized that it fails to deliver any drama!

Alonso's exit from the pit and ramping over the curb was probably the major action of the race!

Nice logic from the stewards (not) letting him off for leaving the track, Teflonso and Ferrari International Assistance at it once again!

[Beetle]

Same old, same old. Vettel's absurd burnout and subsequent "quote" weren't amusing to me, either. In a sport as high class as this, such tawdry behavior should not be condoned, and thankfully it wasn't. Ridiculous.

A generous 4.

[Mekola]

6. The race had it ups and downs.

[Razzzor]

Originally Posted by andy666

3 , A race ruined by 2 DRS zones one after another , I will overtake you in the first zone , through the chicane and then you can come past me in the second zone , pointless but I suppose it does put the overtake count up . How about some consistency with the stewards ? Sutil gets past 2 cars while exploring the car park and gets away with it !

And how the does Alonso get away with his move too. He was clearly behind Verge. Left the track. Came back on in front of Verge. That's a blatant off track pass. If there was a wall there he'd have stayed behind.

Instead Alonso demands Verge gets penalised for pushing him off track? Being pushed off track didn't exactly hinder him much did it...

I'd like to see a replay on this.

[rwintle]

I also gave it a 2. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Honestly, I was editing photographs through much of it.

That double DRS zone thing is silly. Overtake me, I overtake you back.

*mutters darkly*