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[ANF]

Best driver:
Worst driver:
Best team:
Worst team:
Best overtake:
Worst overtake:
Best moment:
Worst moment:
DRS + tyres + other:

And the race in a sentence:

Edited by ANF, 03 November 2019 - 21:32.

[SenorSjon]

Why is there a poll about Hamilton? I couldn't care less about the WDC, that was a foregone conclusion in May or so.

 

Rated it a 4. The race was exceptionally boring again and will soon be forgotten.

[ANF]

Poll edited.

[SenorSjon]

Crap now I can't change the vote 

[Heyli]

I expected more from this race. I think as a race it was pretty entertaining, but for a COTA race I still only gave it a 6...

 

And I dont think Hamilton´s race needs to be highlighted in the ratings? Even though I do care about the WDC; I still chose that option...

 

 

Best driver: Bottas
Worst driver: I dont know..
Best team: Mercedes
Worst team: Ferrari
Best overtake: Hamilton on Vettel

Worst overtake: Non stands out... 
Best moment: Hamilton winning the championship
Worst moment: Magnussen causing the yellow flags at the end.
DRS + tyres + other: Seemed to work pretty well.

[ThadGreen]

Another F1 race I enjoyed, I scored it a solid 8. Lots of overtaking, twice for the lead and lots of close racing and some different strategies.

 

Congratulations to Bottas for the win and congratulations to Hamilton for the WDC..

[balage06]

Best driver: Albon
Worst driver: nobody stood out in that regard
Best team: Mercedes
Worst team: Ferrari possibly
Best overtake: Albon doing a Danny Ric on Danny Ric
Worst overtake: The half-hearted first effort from Bottas for the lead
Best moment: Hamilton crossing the line as a 6-time champ
Worst moment: The Albon-Sainz contact at the start
DRS + tyres + other: meh...

And the race in a sentence: I gave it 6/10, solid, nothing spectacular...

Edited by balage06, 03 November 2019 - 22:07.

[messy]

Oh I thought it was pretty sh*t. Sure, a few decent overtakes and everything if you like seeing Hülkenberg, Raikkonen and Kvyat battle over 12th but up front Ferrari’s pace was non-existant, Verstappen couldn’t keep up and the “fight” between the Mercedes drivers was a non-event. Bottas was always on the winning strategy and it was to Hamilton’s credit that he stayed ahead for as long as he did - but the overtake was easy and inevitable. 
 

I think the thing is, DRS here makes passing too easy. Albon is the prime example of that today. He dropped to the back, but because he was driving a Red Bull he just waltzed back through the field up into his sixth (fifth without Vettel) place, so comfortable, so easy with the passes. 
 

best driver - Bottas, great weekend’s work. 
worst driver - Kubica did his usual. Qualify behind Russell, beat him off the line, then get passed by him and fall into a black hole. 
best team - Mercedes were fantastic, as they have been all season. I think this has been their finest year tbh. 
worst team - Ferrari, just no pace when it counted, no threat at all. 
best overtake - Hamilton on Vettel, one of the few “real” passes and beautifully pulled off. 
worst overtake - Hulkenberg on Räikkönen. 
best moment - the Will.I.am interview, obviously. 
worst moment - Dunno, it was all a bit drab. Probably Vettel’s retirement.
DRS - too powerful, no racing required. Tyres - nice to see differing strategies. 
 

I gave it a 3, probably harsh but it wasn’t a good one.

Edited by messy, 03 November 2019 - 22:13.

[KeithD68]

Race was made interesting seeing how the tyre strategy played out = 8

 

But for that I'd give it = 1

[BuddyHolly]

I'll be honest, I just got home and saw it was a Merc 1-2 so that's an automatic 1 from me (currently).

[John B]

Best Team - not Ferrari.

Gave it an 8 - obviously due to tire strategy but since Hamilton has a history of pulling these out for me it wasn't a done deal until Bottas actually made the pass.

[ANF]

I gave it a 5 but it probably wasn't worth more than a 4.

Yes, there was an exciting battle for the lead – that lasted two laps until Bottas got DRS again.

There was some close racing between Alfa Romeos, Racing Points and Haas cars early in the race. And some DRS passes in the midfield between cars on different strategies.

Edited by ANF, 03 November 2019 - 23:15.

[fisssssi]

Best driver: All were decent
Worst driver: Stroll
Best team: F1: Mercedes, F1.5: Renault
Worst team: F1: Ferrari F1.5: What has happened to Alfa?
Best overtake: RIC on a snoozing Lando
Worst overtake: Kyvat punting Perez (worse than Gasly in Japan)
Best moment: Dunno, the start?
Worst moment: will.i.am's babbling
DRS + tyres + other: Nice that the hards actually degraded this time out.

And the race in a sentence: Better than Mexico, but still anti climactic.

Edited by fisssssi, 04 November 2019 - 03:51.

[WelshSwan]

Best driver: Perez, considering he started from the pitlane to get a point is decent. 
 

Worst driver: Giovinazzi (unless there was an issue to explain his 30 second gap to Kimi). Kvyat also gets a shout.

Best team: Has to be Mercedes.

Worst team: Williams/Haas.

Best overtake: Ricciardo on Norris, Albon had a couple of nice ones too.

Worst overtake: Kvyat on Perez/Hulk on Kimi off track.

Best moment: Being a Kimi fan, to see him go from p17 to p11 on the first lap gaining huge places for a change!   

Worst moment: Again being a Kimi fan, seeing his race die after his first stint.

DRS + tyres + other: No comments of note from me.

 

Race in a sentence - Will be remembered for Lewis's sixth title win but not much to note otherwise.

[baddog]

Snoozefest for the most part, except for the brief intra-team mercedes spat.

[Marklar]

I dispute the classification of the drivers in the Hamilton poll

[P123]

Best driver: Bottas
Worst driver: no idea
Best team: Mercedes
Worst team: Ferrari, due to being well below expectations in the race
Best overtake: Hamilton on Vettel
Worst overtake: Kvyat on Perez
Best moment: Hmm- Hamilton choosing to make a fight of it for victory rather than settling for collecting points
Worst moment: Can't think of anything terrible
DRS + tyres + other: As ever... although for once there was a mix of strategy

Race- 7/10... although maybe a 6 would fit better as Ferrari went backwards, which took some of the pre-race intrigue away. Good battle with the top 3 regardless, and a pass for victory. Plus some good scrapping through the field.

[RedFlag]

Best driver: Bottas was excellent all weekend.
Worst driver: N/A
Best team: Renault.
Worst team: Ferrari.
Best overtake: Hulkenberg on Raikkonen.
Worst overtake: Hulkenberg on Raikkonen.
Best moment: Hamilton making it 6.
Worst moment: Vettel's entire race.
DRS + tyres + other: Difference between strats made it interesting. DRS made things overly easy.

And the race in a sentence:  Tense at the end, fun in the beginning, fairly uneventful in between. 7/10

[HeadFirst]

Best driver: Bottas, Hamilton (tire wear champ), Perez, 
Worst driver: It would be easy to slag some drivers, but there was so much unreported damage due to contact, or the bumps,  that I decline to do so.
Best team: Mercedes
Worst team: Haas
Best overtake: Norris, Riccardo, and Albon each had their moments
Worst overtake:
Best moment: Bottas' pass on Lewis
Worst moment: There were several times I felt like turning off the sound, due to the inane banter of certain members of the Sky bore-cast team.
DRS + tyres + other:

And the race in a sentence: Lewis Hamilton 6x WDC!