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[Marklar]

Please rate the race objectively and not based on your favourite drivers result!

 

Best Driver:
Worst Driver:
Best Team:
Best Overtake:
Best Moment:
DRS + Tyres:
And the race in a sentence:

[maximilian]

Borefest.

 

You know it's bad when I'm actually looking forward to NASCAR.

Edited by maximilian, 15 November 2015 - 17:47.

[Sarkis]

Best driver: Dunno, nobody particularly stood out.

Worst driver: Maldonado, for getting the penalty.

Best team: Mercedes

Best overtake: Max Verstappen on Sergio Perez

Best moment: Dunno really.

DRS + Tyres: Probably even less overtaking without DRS....

Overall: 2/10. Yawn fest with next to no overtaking outside of the main straight. (outside of Kimi letting Vettel by)

Edited by Sarkis, 15 November 2015 - 17:48.

[jestaudio]

Typical of many races this season, all over by the first pitstop, kudos to Ferrari for actually trying something different with the drivers,

[ionutf1fan]

I gave it 2 for #placeswherealonsoratherbe

[HP]

3, because of some passing in the midfield,

[dreamer]

Best Driver: Rosberg
Worst Driver: Maldonado
Best Team: Mercedes (they lapped everyone except the Ferraris)
Best Overtake: Verstappen vs Perez
Best Moment: ...
DRS + Tyres: ....
And the race in a sentence: Boring 4/10

[Tardis40]

4 cars on the lead lap?

[ConsiderAndGo]

That was easily the worst race I've seen in a long time. Utter utter garbage.

[Jamiednm]

Standard for this season, 2/10. Only Austin can hold its head up this year.

[GTRacer]

Have to say i'm really surprised by the lower votes as I really enjoyed that race.

 

Some good battles, Close racing, Some good overtakes & at times some good tension at the front with the gap going up & down.

 

If you could give half's I'd rate it a 7.5/10.

[zanquis]

Best Driver:Verstappen/ Rosberg / Hulkenberg
Worst Driver: everybody else
Best Team: Mercedes
Best Overtake: just pick any from Verstappen.
Best Moment: Verstappen leaving only a few mm between him and Nasr.
DRS + Tyres: well DRS is more needed to overcome Mercedes power and prevent trains but ah well
And the race in a sentence: The Nico's where close to flawless but Max was the only entertaining thing to see.

[ensign14]

How many overtakes were not by people starting the move into turn 1?  It was almost like an oval race - you have to spend the lap setting up for the one place where you are not going to get interrupted by something that is basically one lane only.  And you only have basically a quarter of a lap to gain the second you need to whip around.

 

That was a 20 year ago race.  Everything is down to the aero and you cannot follow.  The DRS was useless.  As I've said before, ban front wings.

[metz]

Best Driver: Rosberg, Hon mention to Hulk and Ricciardo
Worst Driver: Maldonado. He was due. Had not had a collision for 2 races
Best Team: Mercedes was flawless
Best Overtake: Verstappen vs Perez
Best Moment: ...when the borefest was over
DRS + Tyres: ....didn't help Hamilton
And the race in a sentence: Boring 3/10

 

Best comment before the race:

DC; "Bernie. What does a driver need to do to win this race?"

BE: "Start on pole!"

[Tourgott]

That's the same boring sh*t we had the whole season - except the fact that #44 did not win. Might open some peoples eyes here if I look at the vote results.

Edited by Tourgott, 15 November 2015 - 18:21.

[superden]

I can't be bothered to rate it.

[SenorSjon]

Best Driver: Verstappen, he is one of the few battling. I don't buy the Merc drama.
Worst Driver: no one stood out in a poor way.
Best Team: Anything but Merc and Ferrari for blocking competition.
Best Overtake: Verstappen on Perez
Best Moment: Alonso on his dekchair in Q
DRS + Tyres: DRS made everyone wait for the first corner. Why so many stops? Mediums lasting 15 laps (=about 20 minutes) is just poor showing.
And the race in a sentence: Besides the Verstappen overtakes an utter borefest, not for the first time this year. And still some complain about the Schumi era...

[HamiltonFanboy]

Best Driver: Vettel
Worst Driver: Raikkonen
Best Team: Mercedes
Best Overtake: Verstappen the only one I can remember
Best Moment: Seeing the Manor drivers nearly every lap as they drove their turtles around getting lapped
DRS + Tyres: Irrelevant 
And the race in a sentence: Mercedes attempt to win the race in the most boring way possible

[WilliamsF1Fan]

Best Driver: Rosberg
Worst Driver: Maldonado
Best Team: Mercedes
Best Overtake: Any at the first corner.  
Best Moment: Switching over at the end of the race.
DRS + Tyres: No impact?   
And the race in a sentence: Not the worst ever, but certainly far from entertaining.

[Fastcake]

It's like the end of 2013 all over again. The teams are focusing their efforts on next year, half the drivers have mentally switched off, the championships have already been won but there's still some races left so you have to go through the motions. No one really gives a **** anymore, which is quite a shame after we had a fantastic race in Austin just a few weeks ago.

[P123]

Best Driver: Rosberg
Worst Driver: Perez- long way behind Hulk, very meek in defence
Best Team: Mercedes
Best Overtake: Verstappen on Perez
Best Moment: None really stands out
DRS + Tyres: Without DRS there would be no passing, which shows how bad the aero rules are (and to be made worse for 2017). The tyres were round.
And the race in a sentence: A straight forward F1 race- 5/10

[Thanos89]

Gave it a 2. 
Quite a boring season this one, can't end soon enough

[Sarkis]

How many overtakes were not by people starting the move into turn 1?  

 

Only remember Vettel on Kimi, if you could even call that an overtake.

[cpbell]

6/10.  I'm being generous!

Best driver:  Rosberg, with Vettel and Verstappen also in contention.

Worst driver:  Maldonado for reverting to type, though there were few really bad drives.

Best team:  Ferrari, as they closed the gap on Mercedes from practice.

Best overtake:  Has to be Verstappen on Perez, though Ricciardo was impressive in passing Perez late on.

Best moment:  Nasr fending-off Maldonado until his tyres went-off. 

DRS & tyres:  DRS was a bit in no-man's land today - too strong to make a driver in a quicker car work for an overtaking manoeuvre into Turn 1, yet not strong enough to negate the dirty air effect for drivers in similarly-powered cars.  Tyres OK.

Race in a sentence:  This formerly great track has been neutered by idiotic regulations allowing vastly complicated front wings which are much too sensitive to dirty air.

Edited by cpbell, 15 November 2015 - 18:36.

[Nonesuch]

Best Driver: Vettel and Hülkenberg both finished way ahead of their team-mates, though qualifying and different strategies played into that to some degree.
Worst Driver: Räikkönen was too far behind Vettel, but whatever - it doesn't matter at this point.
Best Team: Mercedes, of course.
Best Overtake: Nothing really stood out.
Best Moment: The careful observation of yellow flag conditions when marshals were practically standing on the track. That was inspiring.
DRS + Tyres: DRS has ruined the first second corner, as evidenced by the hysterical overreaction about Verstappen's rather standard moves.
And the race in a sentence: It wasn't all bad, but the lack of a championship battle has made it painfully obvious that the cars themselves are not exciting enough.

 

Rated it 4/10.

[Joshrobins13]

Rubbish, gave it a two.

I want to see exciting battles for wins and podiums, not 9th 10th and 11th. For the good of he sport I hope either Ferrari, Red Bull or McLaren make a huge step. Either that or Merc give Ros and Ham their own strategists.

One really easy change would be to allow drivers to start on any tyre! Why do we have this stupid rule that basically forces the top 10 to run the same strategy?? (in most cases)

[KTownDevil]

Best Driver: Vettel&Hulk for trashing their team mates. Honourable mention: Verstappen

Worst Driver: Raikkonen - how can you finish 35sec behind your team mate?!

Best Team: Mercedes

Best Overtake: Verstappen on Perez

Best Moment: My wife's dinner

DRS + Tyres: -

And the race in a sentence: borefest - 4 cars on the lead lap.

 

3/10 

[Ricardo F1]

Best Driver: Verstappen
Worst Driver: Maldonado
Best Team: Mercedes
Best Overtake: Verstappen on someone I'm sure
Best Moment: The end
DRS + Tyres: Pointless
And the race in a sentence: Dull as dishwater

[motorhead]

Best Driver: Ros
Worst Driver: Mal
Best Team: Merc
Best Overtake: Bottas in the start
Best Moment:^
DRS + Tyres: ööö
And the race in a sentence: boring

[scheivlak]

DRS + Tyres: DRS has ruined the first second corner, as evidenced by the hysterical overreaction about Verstappen's rather standard moves.
 

If it was so standard, why did nobody else do it?

[Ricardo F1]

Quite a few people did, different strategies, timing, cars.

[JHSingo]

Standard for this season, 2/10. Only Austin can hold its head up this year.

 

Huh? What about Hungary? That was a classic.

 

As for this, some excitement in the midfield, but pretty regular 2015 race. 4/10, but I'm feeling generous.

[Disgrace]

It honestly wasn't that bad, aside from the number of DRS "overtakes." Verstappen was nonetheless excellent as usual. The only problem is that nothing remains at stake in the title race.

[P123]

Huh? What about Hungary? That was a classic.
 
As for this, some excitement in the midfield, but pretty regular 2015 race. 4/10, but I'm feeling generous.

Pretty regular race from any F1 season really. Take DRS out and it would have been like a '90s/ early noughties race.

Edited by P123, 15 November 2015 - 19:24.

[tearitup]

Best Driver: Verstappen. Extracted the maximum from the package. Rest did what they had to do.

Worst Driver: There were only bland performances.
Best Team: Mercedes probably, but we already knew that going in.
Best Overtake: Verstappen on Perez
Best Moment: See above
DRS + Tyres: -
And the race in a sentence: Meh.

[Nonesuch]

If it was so standard, why did nobody else do it?

 

It was standard, now the battles rarely lasts through to Turn 2 because thanks to the DRS most moves are completed before the drivers are in Turn 1.

[JHSingo]

Pretty regular race from any F1 season really. Take DRS out and it would have been like a '90s/ early noughties race.

 

Don't dispute that.

 

But even as it was, it was still pretty poor. As have been the vast majority of races this season.

 

Roll on 2016, and hopefully far more excitement, more often.

[Exb]

Best Driver: Rosberg solid under pressure for once but Vettel, Hulkenberg and Verstappen impressed me most.
Worst Driver: Perez seemed to struggle in relation to his team-mate but no-one was terrible.
Best Team: Mercedes by far
Best Overtake: Verstappen put on his usual show & Ricciardo against Perez (2nd time) was nice.
Best Moment: The McLaren drivers on the podium yesterday
DRS + Tyres: /
And the race in a sentence: It wasn't that bad... some nice racing in mid-field for the tail end of the points and Lewis kept Nico honest up front. 6

[scheivlak]

It was standard, now the battles rarely lasts through to Turn 2 because thanks to the DRS most moves are completed before the drivers are in Turn 1.

Rewatch races from earlier years and you will see that passing on the straight/inside turn 1 were the standard passes as well back then.

And that passes on the outside of turn 1 weren't that common, unless made by a superior car or a car on much fresher tyres.

Edited by scheivlak, 15 November 2015 - 20:14.

[Melbourne Park]

I don't watch them live anymore. This one, I won't watch at all. Another 1/10.

[scheivlak]

I don't watch them live anymore. This one, I won't watch at all. Another 1/10.

 

Now, that's well substantiated vote  

[djonas79]

Worst was Perez. He was nowhere all weekend.

 

And that's it. Please move on, and forget this abomination. 0/10.

[foxyracer]

Please rate the race objectively and not based on your favourite drivers result!

 

Best Driver: Vestappen
Worst Driver: Raikkonen
Best Team: Mercedes
Best Overtake: Vestappen vs everybody
Best Moment: Vestappen overtake on Perez
DRS + Tyres: DRS didn't work for Hamilton but worked too easily for others.  Vestappen didn't need it.
And the race in a sentence: Struggled to stay awake.

[foxyracer]

Standard for this season, 2/10. Only Austin can hold its head up this year.

 

Don't worry.  Austin won't be there next year.  Exciting races will never do.

[Massa_f1]

3/10. It was typical of a race this season. Dull.

I hope this does not continue on into 2016 with race weekends being predictable before they start, but I suspect it will.

F1 needs Ferrari and McLaren or any team really to step up to Mercedes and at least challenge them for more then 20% of the season.

I will no longer watch live if it is still Mercedes miles ahead of Ferrari with Williams on there own in 3rd next year. I will watch on delay and fast forward through them.

[Afterburner]

Like last year's. Expect Abu Dhabi to be much of the same. Hope this doesn't prove to be a forecast for next year. Verstappen was the only saving grace.

[Risil]

I listened to it on the radio during a long drive. I won't lie, it was more diverting than traffic on the M6. A solid four out of ten.

[Riverside]

I gave it a 7 .... 4 points for the race and 3 points bonus for Max passing and the radio call .....  

[MarkRaishbrook]

I don't watch them live anymore. This one, I won't watch at all. Another 1/10.

 

Hope you're not an Olympic judge of some sort.

 

Must admit the race was pretty crap. Might have been better had Mercedes run split strategies. They were the only team apart from Manor and McLaren who didn't (maybe it's an "M" thing).

[LeoUbbergen]

Best Driver:  Verstappen
Worst Driver: Maldonado
Best Team: Mercedes
Best Overtake: Verstappen on Perez
Best Moment: The end
DRS + Tyres: Pointless
And the race in a sentence: Dull