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[ferrariboy]

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:

 

[Vielleicht]

Best Driver: I could justify a fair few
Worst Driver: see above
Best Team: Merc, how could they not be?
Best Overtake: Nico passing Max
Best Moment: The end!
DRS + Tyres: No complaints
And the race in a sentence: The stress was unbearable but at the end of the day that's why we keep tuning in...

[byrkus]

I can probably answer only to "best overtake". Nico on Verstappen. It might just as well won him the WDC.

[RedFlag]

Best Driver: Vettel
Worst Driver: Not sure
Best Team: Force India (why not)
Best Overtake: Rosberg on Verstappen
Best Moment: Last 5 laps
DRS + Tyres: Helped make it entertaining
And the race in a sentence: Excitement over class. 

[Laster]

Best Driver: Vettel
Worst Driver: Palmer, running into the back of Kvyat (or was it Sainz?) was just plain silly.
Best Team: Shockingly I'm going to say Ferrari. They made a good strategy call with Vettel for once in their lives.
Best Overtake: I enjoyed the Force India's duel in the opening lap.
Best Moment: Final laps, say what you will about Merc, Hamilton or Rosberg, that was a fun final five laps. The more you complain, the more teams will try to stop sights like that happening again.
DRS + Tyres: Irrelevant.
And the race in a sentence: Dull like any Abu Dhabi grand prix, until the final laps at least.

[f1paul]

Best Driver: Hamilton-Great tactics
Worst Driver: Palmer
Best Team: Red Bull
Best Overtake: Vettel on Verstappen
Best Moment: The final stint
DRS + Tyres: DRS zones need to be a bit longer
And the race in a sentence: Well done to Rosberg for surviving Hamilton's tactics and not cooking under the pressure

[BuddyHolly]

 
Best Driver: Hamilton
Worst Driver: Palmer (seriously who did he blackmail to get a seat in 2017)
Best Team: as Usual  zzzZZZ
Best Overtake: Nico on Verstappen 
Best Moment: uh.. none really
DRS + Tyres: Same as usual, crap
And the race in a sentence: Pretty good race, could have been worse but could have been a lot better.   its time this bland and crap track lost the right to be the last race of the season, give it back to Brazil.

 

Edit: forgot to add, rated it 7/10

Edited by BuddyHolly, 27 November 2016 - 18:21.

[Spillage]

Best driver: Rosberg. A beautifully judged drive under monumental pressure.
Worst driver: Palmer. Doh!
Best team: The mighty Mercs. Again.
Best overtake: Rosberg's pass on Verstappen. So much was riding on that.
Best moment: the last five or six laps were sensational.

I gave it a 10/10. What more could we ask for?

[Seanspeed]

 
Best Driver: Hamilton
Worst Driver: Palmer (seriously who did he blackmail to get a seat in 2017)
Best Team: as Usual  zzzZZZ
Best Overtake: Nico on Verstappen 
Best Moment: uh.. none really
DRS + Tyres: Same as usual, crap
And the race in a sentence: Pretty good race, could have been worse but could have been a lot better.   its time this bland and crap track lost the right to be the last race of the season, give it back to Brazil.

 

Edit: forgot to add, rated it 7/10

What was your issue with DRS and the tires today?  

 

Pretty sure without DRS, we'd have seen pretty much NO overtaking outside the opening lap or two.  

 

And the tires seemed to do their job in terms of life between compounds, while also letting the drivers push on them without making them useless.  

 

For me, this was a prime example of getting both these things *just right* for a weekend.  

Edited by Seanspeed, 27 November 2016 - 18:30.

[scheivlak]

8/10

 

Best Driver: Hamilton - cool as a cucumber. Excellent drives by Vettel, Verstappen and Rosberg too
Worst Driver: In all fairness, Jenson Button
Best Team: Mercedes
Best Overtake: Vettel on Verstappen, closely followed by Rosberg on Verstappen
Best Moment: Last 10 laps!
DRS + Tyres: Pretty good this time. Pity about the circuit itself....
And the race in a sentence: nice recovery from Max, great charge from Vettel, suspense in the end, but both HAM and ROS did what they had to do. 

[KTownDevil]

Best driver: Vettel

Worst driver: Hamilton - still didn't win the title despite his poor tactics. 

Best team: Merecedes 1-2

Best overtake: Ros on Verstappen

Best moment: Rosberg winning the title. Still just one 4xWDC on the grid. 

[onesixsix]

best driver : nico rosberg
worst driver : jolyon palmer
best team : mercedes
best overtake : rosberg on verstappen.
best moment : all 55 laps.
DRS + tyres : shame you need DRS to see any overtaking on this track. i think, for once, there was enough performance difference between the different compounds.
and the race in a sentence : enjoyed this. had me on the edge of my seat till the end.

 

a 9.

[LeClerc]

Slept through the whole thing. It was the dullest race I've never watched.

[weston]

Best Driver: Vettel
Worst Driver: Palmer ? Probably.
Best Team: Mercedes
Best Overtake: Rosberg on Verstappen
Best Moment: Vettel's last 10 laps
DRS + Tyres: Well,...
And the race in a sentence: Hamilton tried to drive as slow as possible

[Juanlo1]

Best Driver: Hamilton - Great control of the race

Worst Driver: Palmer
Best Team: Redbull/Ferrari
Best Overtake: Vettel on Ricciardo
Best Moment: Final laps, I was so nervous
DRS + Tyres: DRS ok today, tires better than expected in terms on strategy
And the race in a sentence: Hamilton was close to achieve his goal, Vettel and Verstappen finished really close to Rosberg, 2 o 3 more laps and everything could change. Can't wait to 2017 season

[Heisenberg]

Best Driver: Lewis Hamilton

Worst Driver: Jolyon Palmer

Best Team: Mercedes

Best Overtake: Rosberg on Verstappen

Best Moment: Nico winning the championship, it was something fresh let's say and I was happy for him.

 

 

[VolvoT5]

Can't believe anyone voted a 10, it was a very mediocre race and the only excitement was in the last 7 laps due to Hamilton backing the cars up. 

 

Best driver can only be Rosberg as he was the one driving under the most pressure with everything to lose.  He also cleanly delivered the  best over take of the day on Verstappen when absolutely everything was on the line.  Huge credit to him. 

 

Worst driver can only be Palmer not just for his clumsy error but for his lame attempt to blame Sainz for 'squeezing him' afterwards.  Pathetic. 

 

Outside of that it was a toss up as to who did a more impressive drive out of Verstappen and Vettel.  Vettel benefited (at his team mates expense) from what turned out to be a superior strategy where as Verstappen came from practically last to 4th by eeking out the tyres.. and he also resisted Rosberg in a far superior car for many laps. 

 

 

[cpbell]

7/10.  It wasn't as good as it could have been thanks to being held on a dull circuit, but the tension near the end saved it.

Best Driver:  Rosberg - a Champion's drive to win a Championship.  He drove superbly, and showed improvement in battling Verstappen.  Honourable mentions to Verstappen, Vettel and, in his final GP, Massa.
Worst Driver:  Palmer was a liability again, and, sadly, Button was also a contender, though his laid-back interview after the race was fun and reminds me of why he'll be missed.
Best Team:  Ferrari for, at last, producing a different strategy that worked for Vettel.
Best Overtake:  Rosberg on Verstappen.
Best Moment:  Rosberg winning a deserved WDC.
DRS + Tyres:  OK - DRS saved this awful circuit yet again.
And the race in a sentence:  Hamilton's controversial approach was in vain, and he appears to have alienated Mercedes.

[spanner]

Best Driver: Hamilton, who else? drove as slowly as possible and still absolutely dominated
Worst Driver: Rosberg, this race was meant to tell us hes a worthy champion. FAILED
Best Team: Red Bull, getting Verstappen on a 1 stop, great call
Best Overtake: Force India duel was good
Best Moment: Vettel on Verstappen, giving hope again
DRS + Tyres: pretty inconsequential
And the race in a sentence: exciting, thanks to Hamilton

[HeadFirst]

Best Driver: Rosberg ... drove his own race, great pass on Verstappen.
Worst Driver: Several candidates in the backmarker group.
Best Team: Ferrari ... that strategy almost worked.
Best Overtake: Rosberg on Verstappen.
Best Moment: Button's interview. Congrats on a great career Jenson.
DRS + Tyres:
And the race in a sentence: Hamilton gives new meaning to controlling a race.

[Marklar]

Best driver: difficult to say. Hamilton was perfect all weekend, and he managed to bunch up the field without blocking at any point, which I thought was remarkable. Verstappen had an impressive catch up. Vettel and Rosberg had a good race too
Worst driver: Palmer
Best team: Ferrari for getting the strategy right and Force India for securing P4 in the WCC
Best overtake: I just saw Rosberg on Max I think. What was up with the FOM today?
Best moment: Jensons notebook
DRS & tyres: given that Hamiltons tactic did worked out to some extend I'm not sure if DRS had any effect here. Tyres were fine, provided some late action.
Race in one sentence: I wish this was Sao Paulo...

[Kristian]

Best Driver: Nico Rosberg. Did his job perfectly under what must have been intense pressure. 
Worst Driver: Jolyon Palmer. 
Best Team: Mercedes... 
Best Overtake: Rosberg on Verstappen
Best Moment: The end (when I finally saw it)
DRS + Tyres: Fine
And the race in a sentence: Good finale at the end, albeit rather manufatured by circumstance and yet more proof Abu Dhabi is a terrible venue for the F1 curtain closer. The rest of the race was pretty dull. 6/10.

Edited by Kristian, 28 November 2016 - 10:13.

[Nonesuch]

Just to complete the series!

 

Best Driver: Nico Rosberg. Didn't put a foot wrong under immense pressure. Overtook "Mad Max" with everything to lose, good job!
Worst Driver: Palmer wasn't exactly great... but Button clumsily ended not just his race but his career as well - unfortunate!
Best Team: Mercedes had the best car, but you have to congratulate Force India on taking 4th! Fantastic result for such a team.
Best Overtake: Rosberg on Verstappen for how crucial it was, and for how Verstappen surprisingly let himself be set up in what by now is a typical Abu Dhabi move.
Best Moment: The man raising his arms in frustration at yet another crafty Mercedes pitstop foiled by Ferrari blocking the exit.
DRS + Tyres: I'd have liked to see Hamilton's tactic without him needing to stay out of Rosberg's DRS. Tyres seemed more durable than expected... not really all that interesting, in any case, which is OK.
And the race in a sentence: What a terrible track - but still, that was quite the tense finale to an otherwise lacklustre season!

 

Rated it 5/10.

[Dan333SP]

Worst Driver: Rosberg, this race was meant to tell us hes a worthy champion. FAILED

 

[P123]

Best Driver: Hamilton & Rosberg
Worst Driver: Nobody terrible- Palmer made a clumsy moves on Sainz
Best Team: Force India taking 4th in the WCC
Best Overtake: Nico on Max, good following defence too
Best Moment: Hamilton taking the win. Season done.
DRS + Tyres: Think of this track without DRS.... Tyres durable
And the race in a sentence: A WDC decider in which TOs were issued to constrain the fight... the track and sport got the finale it deserved. A soulless 5/10.