The top3 remained the same at the race start but Valtteri Bottas came from 7th place to 4th, He couldn't keep his position against his fellow Finn though. I guess he didn't want anymore drama with Kimi Räikkönen so he let him pass "safely" instead. Kimi almost got Bottas' front wing with his tire but luckily nothing like that happened this time.
Carlos Sainz Jr. retired from the race on the first lap at sector 2. Very irresponsible that they didn't bring out the safety car when he left his car on track. It was not on the racing line but still! When they are on the first or second lap the cars are still very close to each other, so the racing line doesn't always matter when many are overtaking. Have they already forgotten that Jules Bianchi passed away this year due to an accident that took place over a year ago? Nobody could have thought that it would happen but it did! Maybe some of you think I'm overreacting but why should we take chances?
After this the race just went on and nothing really happened. Lewis Hamilton stayed behind his teammate Nico Rosberg but didn't really make any aggressive moves on him. I mean he tried a few times carefully and backed off. Then he demanded for a different strategy than Rosberg so that he could probably get in front of him. The strategy was still pretty much the same and Hamilton lost even more time after his pitstops. For me it is pretty clear that Rosberg is doing a much better job than Hamilton at the moment. Hamilton is already the champion so maybe he doesn't feel like putting as much effort in his overtakings as usual? I don't know but it's getting even more boring than it has already been with the Mercs. They stayed like that from the beginning till the end.
Behind Rosberg and Hamilton finished the three drivers that we are used of seeing behind them; the Ferraris of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Räikkönen, with Williams' Valtteri Bottas being best of the rest. The only interesting thing about these three drivers were that Vettel broke Kimi's record of most podiums in his first Ferrari year. Kimi got the championship in his first year and there were less races but anyway. Take a look at what Vettel has done this year: three wins, three 2nd places and seven 3rd places! I mean you guys must stop saying that Vettel is overrated or that he can only win with the best car etc. He is phenomenal! I've said this since 2007 and no, I am not a Vettel fan. I used to be but not anymore. I started to dislike him and Red Bull after a while but I can't say that I wouldn't enjoy his driving now. Thanks for making the Mercs nervous from time to time. Otherwise this would get too boring.
Usually I don't talk about the podium interviews but now I just have to. Did anyone else notice that Martin Brundle, who interviewed them, talked like Rosberg was just lucky and won because of that and not his driving. I mean what was that? He totally deserved the win and Hamilton couldn't overtake him so that was it. No need to make him feel bad after 5 poles in a row and two wins. That's not luck my friend, that's just skills. You Martin should know that or are you saying that you didn't do good in Formula One because you were unlucky? All in all I respect Brundle but don't be a Hamilton fanboy! You should be smarter than that. I would also like to point out that I'm not a Rosberg fan if I seemed like one.
If Rosberg wins in Abu Dhabi again would you be surprised? He has done pretty well lately. He has almost seemed like the number one driver of Mercedes even though he isn't. I just hope that his great speed continues to the 2016 season so that it wouldn't be so easy for Hamilton next season.
That was it and now here are my predictions and the results:
Pole position: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - WRONG. His teammate took pole again.
Race:
That was it and now here are my predictions and the results:
Pole position: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - WRONG. His teammate took pole again.
Race:
1. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - WRONG. He was 2nd.
2. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes - WRONG. He won the race again this year.
3. Felipe Massa, Williams - WRONG. He got excluded from the race.
Fastest lap: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - CORRECT
Surprise: Felipe Nasr will have a great weekend - I wouldn't say so. I thought he would be more motivated in front of the Brazilian crowd but he wasn't apparently.
Fastest Pitstop: Nico Rosberg - WRONG. It was his teammate who had the fastest pitstop.
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