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[Snic]

Please rate as a spectacle rather than on your favourite drivers position

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

[Topsu]

Best Driver - Vettel
Worst Driver - Perez
Best Overtake - Alonso on Webber
Best Moment - When they changed Lewis' steering wheel like a boss
DRS + Tyres - What the hell, soft for half the race? These are not the same tyres, bad bad
A boring race on a boring track

[icewest07]

Best Driver - Vettel
Worst Driver - Perez
Best Overtake - Senna on Rosberg
Best Moment - When they changed Lewis' steering wheel like a boss
DRS + Tyres - What the hell, soft for half the race? These are not the same tyres, bad bad
A boring race on a boring track

[WatchingF1since4yearsold]

Best Driver: Alonso as be actually did something...unlike Vettel who had nothing to do.
Worst Driver: Schumacher
Best Overtake: Alonso-Hamilton-Button at the start
Best Moment: same as above, unless Vettel get's disqualified after the race anyway
DRS + Tyres: DRS was meh and the tyres are a lottery joke as usual, ban pirrelli please.
And the race in a sentence...: boring Red Bull dominate and title is pretty much over now too

Edited by WatchingF1since4yearsold, 28 October 2012 - 11:16.

[fisssssi]

Best driver: Alonso
Worst driver: No one really
Best overtake: Over-what?
Best moment: Button stealing fastest lap at the end
DRS + Tyres: Tyres were invincible. Ask Raikkonen about DRS.

Better than Korea but still awful.

[bongofury]

On a more interesting note, the paint on my living room ceiling is now dry.

[choyothe]

Please rate as a spectacle rather than on your favourite drivers position

Best Driver Alonso

Worst Driver Vettel

Best Overtake Alonso's incredible move on Button and Webber

Best Moment Alonso's incredible move on Button and Webber

DRS + Tyres, yeah, but did you hear about Alonso's incredible move on Button and Webber!?!

And the race in a sentence... Ultraboring, RB being 3 seconds faster than anyone else is ridiculous

[Collective]

Best: Alonso, what a freaking hero
Worst: Schumi, Perez
Overtake: Bruno on Pastor
Moment: Meh... nothing stood out
DRS + Tyres: Back to Bridgestone durability meant back to 2010 boring as hell races.

Sentence: Title is decided and I spent a fortune on going to Austin to see a race that won't really matter. I'm pissed. Yes, that's two sentences.

[sailor]

Please rate as a spectacle rather than on your favourite drivers position

Best Driver Alonso

Worst Driver Vettel

Best Overtake Alonso's incredible move on Button and Webber

Best Moment Alonso's incredible move on Button and Webber

DRS + Tyres, yeah, but did you hear about Alonso's incredible move on Button and Webber!?!

And the race in a sentence... Ultraboring, RB being 3 seconds faster than anyone else is ridiculous

[Raifosa]

Please rate as a spectacle rather than on your favourite drivers position

Best Driver Alonso

Worst Driver Vettel

Best Overtake Alonso's incredible move on Button and Webber

Best Moment Alonso's incredible move on Button and Webber

DRS + Tyres, yeah, but did you hear about Alonso's incredible move on Button and Webber!?!

And the race in a sentence... Ultraboring, RB being 3 seconds faster than anyone else is ridiculous

sarcasm?

[Longtimefan]

Best Driver I share it between Alonso (great driving and passing) and Vettel (Flawless drive)
Worst Driver Can't really pick anyone
Best Overtake Alonso on Webber
Best Moment The chequered flag. zzzzzZZZZ
DRS + Tyres DRS spoils it, stupid gimmick.

The race lasted about 8-9 corners, after that it was over and so so dull. zzzzZZ

Terrible track, get rid!

also, whoever voted this 'race' as 10/10 needs to watch some races from the 60s,70s,80s and see what 'racing' is.

Edited by Longtimefan, 28 October 2012 - 11:32.

[Nonesuch]

6/10

Best Driver: Fernando Alonso!
Worst Driver: Perez perhaps, he seemed quite aggressive going back to the pits with his puncture and retired shortly afterward? Meh - nothing really bad happened today.
Best Overtake: Alonso-Hamilton-Button at the start.
Best Moment: Grosjean and Maldonado racing each other!
DRS + Tyres: Still don't like either.
And the race in a sentence: Red Bull and Vettel dominating but behind that a pretty close if not overly spectacular race.

[choyothe]

sarcasm?

What do you think?

[Raifosa]

What do you think?

lol I only noticed your avatar after my post.

[seahawk]

5/10

Best Driver: Hülkenberg
Worst Driver: both Saubers
Best Overtake: Senna on Rosberg
Best Moment: when the GP ended
DRS + Tyres: ok
And the race in a sentence... boring

[joshb]

Best Driver- Vettel or Alonso
Worst Driver- Vergne and Kobayashi didn't do much.
Best Pass- Hard to judge, as most were with DRS on the straight. Alonso/Hamilton/Button at the start was great driving
Best Moment- That 3 second steering wheel change for Hamilton. Wow!
DRS/Tyres. Tyres fine, if a little on the conservative side but DRS down back straight too easy at times
In a line: Alonso keeps plugging away but Vettel seemingly on an unstoppable charge to a 3rd straight crown

6/10

Edited by joshb, 28 October 2012 - 11:41.

[yasushi888]

When people say their best moment of the race was changing a steering wheel, that pretty much tells you how good the race was...

[fosters35]

Honestly, how can 3 people (as of this post) rate this a 10?!?

They must have very dull lives or be ********.

[Skinnyguy]

I liked it, an 8 for me. If you forget that Seb was in front, it was a thriller.

[Jimisgod]

2/10

B. Driver - Alonso
W. Driver - Vernge
B. Overtake - Alonso multiple times
B. Moment - Alonso giving it everything
DRS/Tyres - What tyres? All you whiners should be happy, tyres are back to the boring predicatble things RBR can dominate on
In a sentence - The whole track was filed with more smoke than a bushfire, and it looked awful. Can we just give AD, China, India, Korea, Bahrain one spot on the calender and alternate? They all look the ****ing same

[Sakae]

Rating: 5 - my driver had a good race

Best Driver: Vettel for just a perfect weekend. One cannot ask for me.
Race: Sebastian had Alonso on the leash, which was actually quite enjoyable. Overall, races seems to be all the same these days. Rewriting regulations will need a lot of work.

Edited by Sakae, 28 October 2012 - 13:30.

[Atreiu]

Boring.
Imagine if there was no DRS, Tilke would have outdone himself in creating a no action circuit!

[nemtudom]

5/10

Best Driver: As for the race, shared between Vettel and Alonso; as for the weekend: Vettel
Worst Driver: Can't pick one
Best Overtake: As a Williams fan, I'd like to point out that Senna had a couple of good ones!
Best Moment: Alonso vs McLarens at the start
DRS + Tyres: I still hate DRS, the tyres didn't play much of a role this time though.
And the race in a sentence... : Boring with a few good moments.

[aray]

attendance on the race day was very good though.....otherwise boring race....

best drivers:alonso,vettel
hulkenberg drove very good also....

best moment:start...had alonso managed to get both macca it would have been great....

[hello86]

You know that it has been a boring race when the AS forum works well after the race

[Ellios]

Barcelona or Magny-Cours used to be boring, but this race was as close to watching paint dry as you can get, first corner win and unchallenged throughout the race. Actually it was more interesting watching users of the Autosport live forum debug a porn infected PC! (allegedly!) - or jp's live feed from Japan

Such is the dominance of the Red Bulls I can see the championship being wrapped up easily, but take nothing away from them

thankfully it finished early enough as to allow the rest of the day to be more constructive

good win for VET though, no problems....

[velgajski1]

Best Driver - Vettel
Worst Driver - Perez
Best Overtake - Senna on Maldonado
Best Moment - Senna on Maldonado
DRS + Tyres - DRS felt a bit too strong this race
And the race in a sentence... - Vettel cruises to 4th consecutive victory

Edited by velgajski1, 28 October 2012 - 13:43.

[maximilian]

The more recent races show how boring F1 really is once the teams figure out the tires... I miss the first half of the season!

[Juggles]

I gave it a 6, it wasn't as bad as some people are making out. There was some drama near the front with Alonso and Hamilton both hunting down Webber.

[ayali]

7/10 for me
not the most interesting of races but OK nevertheless

Awesome drives by Alonso and Vettel
Senna did surprisingly well too, nice overtake
Worst drive Perez
Tyres lasted too long but DRS was OK

[Seanspeed]

7/10

I think Alonso's drive bumped it up from a possible 5 or 6, though.

Barcelona or Magny-Cours used to be boring, but this race was as close to watching paint dry as you can get

This really isn't the track's fault. Blame Red Bull for being so dominant if you're gonna point fingers somewhere. It was obviously possible to pass.

Edited by Seanspeed, 28 October 2012 - 14:34.

[Jimisgod]

This really isn't the track's fault. Blame Red Bull for being so dominant if you're gonna point fingers somewhere. It was obviously possible to pass.

Barely. Everyone seemed to need DRS to do anything, and Kimi was jammed up behind Massa all race with no real passing spots. India is significantly worse than Korea.

These new tracks are apparently designed for "passing" but offer up fewer true non-DRS passing spots than Spa or even Barcelona. Compared to today, the Spanish GP was an 11/10. I fail to se why they need to be so **** if that shitness doesn't create passing like they told us it would.

Edited by Jimisgod, 28 October 2012 - 14:50.

[goingthedistance]

Worst race of the season, seriously nothing to hold one's interest.

Best Driver - Alonso
Worst Driver - Perez, Vergne
Best Overtake - There were no real overtakes
Best Moment - When Vettel's car started sparking and for a millisecond you thought maybe there was some life in the championship after all.
DRS + Tyres - One stop race? Yawn.

Edited by goingthedistance, 28 October 2012 - 14:55.

[Massa_f1]

Worst race of the season, seriously nothing to hold one's interest.

Best Driver - Alonso
Worst Driver - Perez, Vergne
Best Overtake - There were no real overtakes
Best Moment - When Vettel's car started sparking and for a millisecond you thought maybe there was some life in the championship after all.
DRS + Tyres - One stop race? Yawn.

Best Driver - Vettel or Alonso
Worst Driver Perez
Best Overtake - None
Best Moment first few corners
DRS + Tyres Poor for both

2/10

In all honesty races have been poor ever since the summer break. I don't know what has happened, but ever since the summer entertainment wise the races went rapidly down hill.

Edited by Massa_f1, 28 October 2012 - 15:02.

[SealTheDiffuser]

Best Driver: Alonso
Worst Driver: Kobayashi
Best Overtake: Senna Rosberg
Best Moment: KERS problem for Webber
DRS + Tyres: perfect
A lot of nice moves and overtakes, sliding cars and good action overall despite a (not so) dominant Vettel victory.

[dreamer]

Best Driver Vettel
Worst Driver Perez
Best Overtake Hamilton-Button-Alonso at the start
Best MomentHamilton-Button-Alonso at the start
DRS + Tyres I don't like them. I prefer racing without them.
And the race in a sentence... BORING

[Longtimefan]

You know that it has been a boring race when the AS forum works well after the race

This is so true.

[FredF1]

I gave it a 6, it wasn't as bad as some people are making out. There was some drama near the front with Alonso and Hamilton both hunting down Webber.

While watching Vettel do four in a row this morning, I was wondering if Bernie is busy trying to find some way of making sure that a different driver wins each race from now on.

[ANF]

6/10

Best driver: Alonso, Vettel, Senna
Worst driver: –
Best overtake: Senna on Maldonado; Kimi on Massa exiting the pits
Best moment: Martin Brundle conducting the podium interview
DRS + Tyres: Tyres were good, DRS as always an abomination
In one sentence: A race to forget

[Jedi_F1]

Wel you guys if you only watch a GP for the battle at the front (P1 & P2) I understand it was a boring race,
but I enjoyed it, mostly because of the other battles in the midfield of for the last places in the points.

BTW All one finger Vettel-shows are dull... it's a new Schumacher type of show.. superb driver in best car.. = dominating ... some 1-finger dude on P1 dominating = Dull.

Best driver: Alonso
Worst driver: Perez
Best overtake: Alonso on Webber
Best moment: Massa letting Kimi by to overtake him with DRS on the long straight.
DRS+Tyres: Good we have DRS, Tyres.. not much difference between Prime & Options.
In one sentence: Better then last year

[Tiakumosan]

Boring race, we used to like races like this in Bridgestone era?

And now ... the Abu Crappy

[spacekid]

I don't mind a dominant race win.

What I do mind is a race dominated by DRS (I was particularly saddened by the way Kimi lost an overtake on Massa to the DRS zone. You could argue he should have hung back and done the work work the easy way, but is that really that approach we want to see), and acres of dull run off in front of a handful of spectators through a haze of smog. I found it a strangely depressing watch.

4/10. +1 for Hamilton's steering wheel change.

[sesku]

1. fell asleep after 9 lap. Boring race in boring track. Smog really kill my mood.

[William Hunt]

I guess this was the most boring race of 2012 but this is exactly what the people who were critisizing Pirelli that their tyres caused too much unpredictable results wanted I guess, this seemed a race like the Bridgestone era, with predictable results.

Edited by William Hunt, 28 October 2012 - 16:34.

[Disgrace]

I rate my decision to stay in bed 10/10.

[Bloggsworth]

The best footage would have been Hamilton chucking the defective steering wheel out of the car before he came to a stop - But they didn't show it.

[SpaMaster]

Best Driver Vettel

Worst Driver --

Best Overtake Raikkonen on Massa - when both were trying to avoid being the first car for the DRS activator and letting each other go. I have seen drivers fight tooth and nail to go ahead, but to stay behind? This is definitely the overtake of the race!

Best Moment Again, Raikkonen and Massa fighting to yield position inspite of fighting against each other the whole race at all other times.

DRS + Tyres and

And the race in a sentence...
They need the tyres to degrade.
The compulsory two compound rule must go, at least if a car wants to driver the whole race distance with one set. I think some cars could have tried that today.

[RC127]

I rated a 2 - nothing to do with the drivers who finished on the podium (not a fanboy) but it took me less than 40 minutes to fast forward through the race on Sky+ this evening which speaks volumes, doesn't it?

Sad thing is we are in for a repeat next weekend.

[RC127]

Barely. Everyone seemed to need DRS to do anything, and Kimi was jammed up behind Massa all race with no real passing spots. India is significantly worse than Korea.

These new tracks are apparently designed for "passing" but offer up fewer true non-DRS passing spots than Spa or even Barcelona. Compared to today, the Spanish GP was an 11/10. I fail to se why they need to be so **** if that shitness doesn't create passing like they told us it would.

Well said.

[ThadGreen]

Best Driver: Vettel
Worst Driver: No answer
Best Overtake: Massa on Kimi
Best Moment: Hamilton changing 5 wheels in 3.3 seconds
DRS + Tyres: Not sure if this track needs DRS and why were the tyres so sturdy?
And the race in a sentence... The race for first wasn't that exciting however the races within the race were enjoyable and the result still leaves the WDC open.