Thread: Official Rate the Grand Prix: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2017
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Old 27 Nov 2017, 08:53 (Ref:3783400)   #25
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Originally Posted by Lancsbreaker View Post
You're a miserable bunch........

As usual discounting all the "clever" comments about sleeping through it because (if true) you've no idea what the race was like.

Sure it wasn't a wheel banging battle at the front, although if you were monitoring the live timing there was a constant battle going on as the two leaders swapped fastest sectors and laps, and some distance away Verstappen was keeping Kimi honest, although neither Ferrari nor Red Bull seemed to be able to compete with the Mercs - except near the end of the race when Vettel mysteriously started matching the leaders' pace.

Further down the field some good scraps (Massa / Alonso, Stroll / Grosjean and even at the back of the field) livened things up.

A bit of an end-of-term feel about it, but nothing to warrant the miserable reactions so far, guys, IMHO. Maybe you want to go back to cars crashing in flames to liven things up?
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Originally Posted by TrapezeArtist View Post
Agree with both of you. I thought there was a lot of interesting stuff going on and more so than in some of the other races this season, but then I stayed awake, paid attention and actually enjoyed it. I gave it 7, which is high for me.
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