Poll: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2016, Yas Marina - Race 21/21

Rate the 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix out of ten

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great job Nico.

amazing drive today under incredible pressure. great passing Max, esp knowing how much of a loose canon he can be at times. Nico driver of the day fo sho!

definitely earned some respect

PS too bad for JB :( best wishes to JB and Massa, truly great gentlemen who shall be missed. seems like JB has been hitting the bottle a little early. can't blame him

lastly Alsonso - driver of the year. 10th for the year with that POS car, truly an overachievement

honourable mention for Perez. truly solid the whole year. He and Grosjean have matured a lot throughout their career, and it's paying off now.

Lewis proves once again he has no class and no idea what sportsmanship means. I bet he would justify running into Nico in the first corner if the roles had been reversed. appalling person, only makes Nico's win sweeter :P
 
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He's unhappy that some of his mechanics of the past 2 years were swapped with some of Nico's. Just got to wait 10 years for his book.
 
Is Nico as good as Hamilton? Nope. Does Nico deserve the title? In my opinion absolutely, yes, and even Hamilton said so before the race.

Nico was in absolute control for most of the season and was especially strong early in the season, and while Hamilton had issues, that doesn't take anything away from Rosberg's performance - Rosberg had some of the same issues after all.

The fact that Rosberg isn't as good as Hamilton doesn't make him an undeserving champion.

Hamilton did what he could today (though hypocritically after he said he wouldn't) and I'd have done the same (I certainly have in sim-racing to secure a constructors title, and that was against some good friends) but there were some rather sour grapes after the race. Very cold towards Nico, in contrast to 2014 when Nico went out of his way to congratulate Lewis, and still taking shots at his team in the interviews.

I think Webber said it best on C4 - show some graciousness.

Hamilton's still better than Rosberg and at this point is the favourite for 2017 but as he himself said, you can't win them all. Rosberg is a strong driver, and would likely be a strong teammate for most previous champions, but Hamilton does have the edge on him. That doesn't mean that Rosberg's championship is hollow - for me this was the perfect example of how to win a title.



mmj_uk said:
If my math is correct under the old points system they both would've finished on 136pts? Hamilton would've been crowned champion on race wins (10-9).

136 HAM
136 ROS

The new points system rewards consistency too much.

Discuss! ;)
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Which old points system? I think we've had 4 different ones that I can count in the past 25 or so years that I've been watching F1, 5 if you count the double-points one.

Anyway, it doesn't matter. You play to whatever points system you have. Rosberg had enough confidence in his team and was happy to play to do nothing more than required after Sepang, and every championship in history has been exactly the same in that regard.



Merlin5 said:
That Steve Jones is the best presenter F1 has ever had. Really has the gift of the gab abd so slick from start to finish of the season. Made Suzi Perry look like an amateur by comparison.
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He's not an F1 guy, but he doesn't pretend to be and doesn't need to be - he's got the team around him for that. He's got enthusiasm in abundance and he's everything that Simon Lazenby isn't.

He's not the best F1 presenter ever (personally I still think Jake Humphrey was better in his time at the BBC), but he's a breath of fresh air, and that makes up for the few cringe-worthy things he does come out with.
 
this_is_gav said:
He's not an F1 guy, but he doesn't pretend to be and doesn't need to be - he's got the team around him for that. He's got enthusiasm in abundance and he's everything that Simon Lazenby isn't.

He's not the best F1 presenter ever (personally I still think Jake Humphrey was better in his time at the BBC), but he's a breath of fresh air, and that makes up for the few cringe-worthy things he does come out with.
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I really liked Jake too. I'm curious why you think Jake was better though?
 
timmeh said:
He's unhappy that some of his mechanics of the past 2 years were swapped with some of Nico's. Just got to wait 10 years for his book.
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Why?

It's a non issue, every other year people have cried about Rosberg having better reliability. So Rosberg should be the one upset and losing mechanics to Hamilton. Christ hundreds of different people put these cars together but they want to focus on a couple of changes. Does he care which guy assembles various parts of the engine. Have any of the failures even been attributed to mechanics bolting the stuff together? Or as is far more likely an issue from manufacture?

It's a total non story and has happened since the start of F1.
 
timmeh said:
He's unhappy that some of his mechanics of the past 2 years were swapped with some of Nico's. Just got to wait 10 years for his book.
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The team stated the reasons for this prior to the start of the season, they saw polarisation in the garages, two separate sides, two teams, since they are paying everyone and want a championship and a one two, they swapped members across, so the overall team wouldn't be polarised.
Clearly after the bitching last year they threw down a marker.
Didn't help much with the drivers, but might have helped at the level below that.
 
The reason why Nico won the championship was due to his car not breaking down, Nothing to do with him being a better driver
 
Well done Nico. I missed the race but had expected 2008 style controversy when Glock moved aside to let LH through and snatch the title from Massa.

Sounds like LH was somewhat unsporting in his tactics. Had he won subsequent to this events he might have felt a little awkward. I mean. It's cheating right?
 
No it isn't cheating, cheating would be what the 'greats' did in the past, trash your opponents car, Schumi did it, Prost and Senna both did it.
Hamilton drove, not to the benefit of his team, but to the benefit of his championship today, absolutely no concept of cheating within it.
 
this_is_gav said:
He's not an F1 guy, but he doesn't pretend to be and doesn't need to be - he's got the team around him for that. He's got enthusiasm in abundance and he's everything that Simon Lazenby isn't.
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agreed. in fact sky coverage is cringe worthy. only people I like are Anthony Davidson and Ted, can't stand the other clowns. time to get rid of that old guard and freshen it up.
 
I find it funny how Hamilton fans are all pointing to the reliability problems (which he did suffer more), yet almost nothing is said about Hamilton poor starts this year that have cost him 3-4 wins.

Not to mention this is the first season since team mates that Hamilton has had a worse reliability record. It has always been Rosberg who has had more car problems over the years.
 
Gux said:
I find it funny how Hamilton fans are all pointing to the reliability problems (which he did suffer more), yet almost nothing is said about Hamilton poor starts this year that have cost him 3-4 wins.

Not to mention this is the first season since team mates that Hamilton has had a worse reliability record. It has always been Rosberg who has had more car problems over the years.
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not to mention he should have never won at Monaco. it was Ricciardo's

and Rosberg got two questionable race penalties, but Hamilton didn't get any esp in Mexico. ridiculous cutting straight through the corner :rolleyes:
 
Gux said:
I find it funny how Hamilton fans are all pointing to the reliability problems (which he did suffer more), yet almost nothing is said about Hamilton poor starts this year that have cost him 3-4 wins.

Not to mention this is the first season since team mates that Hamilton has had a worse reliability record. It has always been Rosberg who has had more car problems over the years.
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You're only allowed to use information that backs up Hamilton and not anyone else. House rules.
 
smr said:
Are his tardy starts irrelevant too then? ie. Monza.
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Yes, they are because even with those, if his car had not broken so much they would be irrelevant.

He had more poles (despite not being able to take part properly in a few qualy sessions due to mechanical issues) and has won more races.

He literally has only lost this championship because his car has failed him a lot more than Rosberg's has.

Rosberg has the most points and he is champion and that is how it goes sometimes in F1 as being a driver, you have to rely on your car. It is indisputable that Lewis has been the better driver though this season- the stats don't lie and his point deficit is simply due to his car suffering from manufacturing defects.
 
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Domo said:
Well done Nico. I missed the race but had expected 2008 style controversy when Glock moved aside to let LH through and snatch the title from Massa.

Sounds like LH was somewhat unsporting in his tactics. Had he won subsequent to this events he might have felt a little awkward. I mean. It's cheating right?
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1) Glock didn't 'move aside' in 2008. He was on dry tyres on a very wet track and had zero grip.

2) Nothing about what Hamilton did was cheating, nor ever will be. Rosberg was free to over take him at any point the mood took him.
 
Hamilton was quite lucky to win his first title and unlucky to lose it this year.

He was the better driver over the year but luck wasn't on his side with reliability.

People suggesting he was cheating or using dirty tactics today is nonsense.

Anybody in his position would have done what he did today and I can't fault him for trying to win the title.
 
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