Rate the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Rate the 2009 Abu Dhabi GP

Poll ended at 15 Nov 2009, 14:39

10/10 Absolutely perfect!
1
3%
9/10: Superb race!
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No votes
8/10 A great race!
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No votes
7/10: Fun to watch
5
15%
6/10 Quite good
8
24%
5/10: Average
9
26%
4/10 Sub-par
4
12%
3/10: Barely worth watching
1
3%
2/10: Boring
6
18%
1/10: Atrocious!
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No votes
 
Total votes: 34

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Re: Rate the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Post by Zack » 01 Nov 2009, 17:37

7/10
1 - Best Driver - Vettel & Kobayashi
2 - Best Team - Red Bull Racing
3 - Best Overtake - Kobayashi on Button
4 - Best Moment - Last Lap
5 - Worst Driver -
6 - Worst Team - Ferrari :(
7 - Best Rookie - Kobayashi
8 - Biggest Surprise - Hamilton DNF :p

9 - General Comment - Good race but nothing to close Brazil like atmosphere.
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Re: Rate the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Post by Rachael The Great » 01 Nov 2009, 18:37

1 - Best Driver - Vettel
2 - Best Team - RBR
3 - Best Overtake - Kobayashi on Button
4 - Best Moment - The Button and Webber war at the end
5 - Worst Driver - Grosjean
6 - Worst Team - Renault
7 - Best Rookie - Kobayashi
8 - Biggest Surprise - Hamilton's retirement. :(
9 - General Comment - Personally, i thought it was pretty c**p. The circuit/surroundings were stunning, but doesnt have the atmosphere like Brazil.
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Re: Rate the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Post by snake_f1 » 01 Nov 2009, 18:40

1 - Best Driver:Vettl
2 - Best Team: Red Bull
3 - Best Overtake: Koba in Button
4 - Best Moment: Hamilton's retire
5 - Worst Driver: Algesuari
6 - Worst Team: Renault
7 - Best Rookie: Kobayashi
8 - Biggest Surprise: Kimi's Pace

9 - General Comment:
graet circuit, average race

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Re: Rate the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Post by aussiepete » 01 Nov 2009, 19:38

1 - Best Driver:Hamilton
2 - Best Team: Red Bull
3 - Best Overtake: Kobyashi on button
4 - Best Moment: start
5 - Worst Driver: Algesuari
6 - Worst Team: Renault
7 - Best Rookie: Kobayashi
8 - Biggest Surprise: Hamilton retiring

9 - General Comment:
high expectations fanatastic circuit, average race

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Re: Rate the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Post by aussiepete » 01 Nov 2009, 19:44

I dont understand why so many people think hamiltions retirement was the best moment of the race as it only turned the race into a borefest isnt it better to see Vettel win with an overtake maybe more interesting than a simple retirement even though I hate many drivers not including vettel and hamilton a retirement only makes the victory only feel unearned.

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Re: Rate the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Post by ferrari man 009 » 01 Nov 2009, 20:23

1 - Best Driver - Vettel. A flawless race from him 10/10
2 - Best Team - Red Bull. The McLaren was slightly quicker but the Red Bull's reliability won them the race. 9/10
3 - Best Overtake - Kobayashi on Button. He didn;t look like it was his 2nd race with race craft like that. 9.5/10
4 - Best Moment - That Last Lap battle between Button and Webber. 10/10
5 - Worst Driver - Fisichella. a driver of his experience should not be getting drive through penalties for speeding in the pits. 3/10
6 - Worst Team - Renault 2/10
7 - Best Rookie - Kobayashi. No question. 9.5/10
8 - Biggest Surprise - Got to be that Hamilton retired with a brake faliure. 6/10
9 - General Comment - It was a slightly processional race although Button did his best to spice it up a couple of times. Also, there was quite a few overtaking moves into the chicane at the end of the long straight.

My Overall rating: 7/10

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Re: Rate the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Post by TwistedArmco » 01 Nov 2009, 20:27

1 - Best Driver
Seb Vettel, but didn't KK do well? :D I'm starting to love this kid.
2 - Best Team
Red Bull for torching everyone.
3 - Best Overtake
Koboyashi on Button, with Alonso on Koboyashi coming a close second. Kubica on Truli was also great.
4 - Best Moment
The epic Button vs Webber battle.
5 - Worst Driver
Erm. Dunno. Alguersuari maybe for his pit miscue.
6 - Worst Team
Renault. Slow cars.
7 - Best Rookie
Who do you think? Koboy of course.
8 - Biggest Surprise
Hamilton's retirement. That doesn't happen too often y'know.

9 - General Comment
The race was quite entertaining subjectively for me, and very comforting, even if not particularly interesting on track. Everything had been decided and this race was a beautiful, aesthetically-pleasing test-session. It also had a couple of wonderful moments, like the Koboyashi overtake, the Alonso overtake, the Kubica overtake and the various other fights that occured. There was something so beautiful about the cars under twilight conditions and then with the lovely orange glow of the lights and I found the track very appealing in design also. Every overtake preceded or superceded an extended battle. Most overtakes developed over three corners at least, which made most overtakes made or attles fought incredible. The only bad thing about this track is the fact that the cars that race on it have aero such that they can't follow each other properly, otherwise this would be a great race.

As it was:
Personal good feeling: 8/10
Actual racing: 6/10

Average: 7/10

China - 9/10
Belgium - 8/10
Malaysia - 8/10
Australia - 8/10
Italy - 7/10
Germany - 7/10
Abu Dhabi - 7/10 - I guess nothing much really happened, but despite that, this race still entertained me greatly.
Singapore - 6/10
Hungary - 6/10
Britain - 6/10
Bahrain - 6/10
Spain - 6/10
Monaco - 5/10
Japan - 5/10
Valencia - 5/10
Turkey - 4/10
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Re: Rate the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Post by color » 02 Nov 2009, 15:14

1 - Best Driver
all dull, like entire 2009 season...
2 - Best Team
Red Bull
3 - Best Overtake
Koba/ Button, Kubi/ Trulli
4 - Best Moment
Webber/ Button at the end.
5 - Worst Driver
Algersuari no doubt.
6 - Worst Team
Renault?
7 - Best Rookie
Kobayashi of course.
8 - Biggest Surprise
Hamilton forced to hand his win to Vettel.

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Re: Rate the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Post by Jaguar » 02 Nov 2009, 17:32

1 - Best Driver - Vettel , Kobayashi
2 - Best Team - Red Bull
3 - Best Overtake - Kobayashi on Jenson
4 - Best Moment - Webber keeping 2nd position :p
5 - Worst Driver - Jamie Alguersuari...
6 - Worst Team - Renault
7 - Best Rookie - Kobayashi - Buemi
8 - Biggest Surprise - Kobayashi , Buemi in points , Lewis out of the race

9 - General Comment - Looking forward for the 2010 season

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Re: Rate the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Post by Richards19 » 03 Nov 2009, 04:26

1 - Best Driver: Vettel
2 - Best Team: Red Bull
3 - Best Overtake: Kobayashi on Button
4 - Best Moment: Batlle between Button and Webber at the end
5 - Worst Driver: Fisichella
6 - Worst Team: Renault
7 - Best Rookie: Kobayashi
8 - Biggest Surprise: Alguersuari pits at Red bull stand and Hamilton's problem
9 - General Comment: Dull race, Abu Dhabi is not a circuit for spectacular race.

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Re: Rate the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Post by tristan1117 » 03 Nov 2009, 15:27

1 - Best Driver: Vettel
2 - Best Team: Red Bull
3 - Best Overtake: Kobayashi on Button
4 - Best Moment: Alguersauri missing his pitbox.
5 - Worst Driver: Sutil
6 - Worst Team: Ferrari
7 - Best Rookie: Kobayashi
8 - Biggest Surprise: Hamilton retiring.

9 - General Comment: Boring race. Spiced up by a few incidents. Still boring. 4/10.

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Re: Rate the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Post by Arhibald » 07 Nov 2009, 13:48

1 - Best Driver : Sebastian Vettel
2 - Best Team : Red Bull
3 - Best Overtake : Kobayashi on Button
4 - Best Moment : The last two laps (fight between Webber and Button)
5 - Worst Driver : Romain Grosjean
6 - Worst Team : Renault
7 - Best Rookie : Kobayashi
8 - Biggest Surprise : The race turned out to be pretty boring and of course Kobayashi's great result.

9 - General Comment : The track and it's surrounding areas look fantastic but it was a dull race. At least we managed to see this year's champ on the podium again.

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