Rate the 2023 Abu Dhabi GP
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Rate the 2023 Abu Dhabi GP
19th win for Max in 22 races.
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7/10
Max won in a competitive field at the front. Nothing fake about his wins.
Yuki deserves DOD today. Beating Hamilton is just cherry on his cheesecake.
I feel genuinely sorry for Sainz.
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Max won in a competitive field at the front. Nothing fake about his wins.
Yuki deserves DOD today. Beating Hamilton is just cherry on his cheesecake.
I feel genuinely sorry for Sainz.
The season - All of those who rushed to sign their soul to budgetary limits now should explain what was actually accomplished by that, and why they think it's working (because I don't think so).
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5/10 for me
The WCC standings fight made it a bit more interesting than it should have been. An otherwise dull race to a completely dominant RB season.
The turnaround of Perez is sure to fuel the conspiracy theorists out there. Perez was woeful up until Max sealed the championship. Then suddenly he is competitive again? Hmmmm...
In any case, a dull race is typical for Abu Dhabi. Without it being the last race (and consequently any championships at stake during it), this would easily be in the bottom 3 races for the season year over year. They need to forget this track as it only produces a few passes on the straights with no real other passing opportunities.
The WCC standings fight made it a bit more interesting than it should have been. An otherwise dull race to a completely dominant RB season.
The turnaround of Perez is sure to fuel the conspiracy theorists out there. Perez was woeful up until Max sealed the championship. Then suddenly he is competitive again? Hmmmm...
In any case, a dull race is typical for Abu Dhabi. Without it being the last race (and consequently any championships at stake during it), this would easily be in the bottom 3 races for the season year over year. They need to forget this track as it only produces a few passes on the straights with no real other passing opportunities.
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Kimi got it pretty right with his famous one line description on TV.... “The first few turns are quite good, but the rest of it is shit.” F1 misses his brutal honesty.XcraigX wrote: ↑5 months ago 5/10 for me
The WCC standings fight made it a bit more interesting than it should have been. An otherwise dull race to a completely dominant RB season.
The turnaround of Perez is sure to fuel the conspiracy theorists out there. Perez was woeful up until Max sealed the championship. Then suddenly he is competitive again? Hmmmm...
In any case, a dull race is typical for Abu Dhabi. Without it being the last race (and consequently any championships at stake during it), this would easily be in the bottom 3 races for the season year over year. They need to forget this track as it only produces a few passes on the straights with no real other passing opportunities.
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I gave it a 5, not an exciting race, not the most dull either I guess. A bit meh as far as I was concerned.
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4. Not dire, not good, just another 2023 race.
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I have gone with a 4 as well. I had mentally decided it was a 3, with the Stewards decision to penalise Perez costing a point. To me that was 2 drivers on different lines in the same corner. No intent or malice, and no one was hurt, no blood spilt, no cars damaged and no cars got hurt. A racing incident.
Ironically the decision affected two uninvolved teams to the tune of several million dollars. The 5 second penalty promoted George to 3rd, gifting him the 3 points that gave Mercedes 2nd in the WCC and the $9 million bonus that goes with 2nd over 3rd. Without those 3 points Ferrari and Mercedes would have been tied on points, with Ferrari winning a countback on the strength of their one race win. It cost Ferrari $9 million.
Then on the last lap of the race the 3 point vote got boosted by a point when Yuki Tsunoda capped off a great weekend when Lewis, with the benefit of DRS passed Yuki. Yuki calmly watched Lewis go past and a little wide, and promptly did a good old over and under and cut to the inside and out manoevered the 7 times champion on the. sprint to the line.
A long winded way of getting to my vote of 4/10
Ironically the decision affected two uninvolved teams to the tune of several million dollars. The 5 second penalty promoted George to 3rd, gifting him the 3 points that gave Mercedes 2nd in the WCC and the $9 million bonus that goes with 2nd over 3rd. Without those 3 points Ferrari and Mercedes would have been tied on points, with Ferrari winning a countback on the strength of their one race win. It cost Ferrari $9 million.
Then on the last lap of the race the 3 point vote got boosted by a point when Yuki Tsunoda capped off a great weekend when Lewis, with the benefit of DRS passed Yuki. Yuki calmly watched Lewis go past and a little wide, and promptly did a good old over and under and cut to the inside and out manoevered the 7 times champion on the. sprint to the line.
A long winded way of getting to my vote of 4/10
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6/10. It was less dull than expected. Nice battles. Yuki and George were really motivated to score points. Still i think that Ferrari was hit too much last week, with that grid penalty.
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