Rate the race - round 16 Russia

Ghost Train

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TheChrisD

Team orders dictation makes it an instant 0.

skipper_G

3

4 for me, opening few laps were good and then after that there were only one or two interesting bits. Most of the race was missable, even the midfield battles were dull.

Charlie-Bravo

1

Have it a 2 for the effort by Max.

ayux4rj6zql2ph

1

2 for the effort by Verstappen.

Feel sorry for Bottas, not as much outrage as Austria 2002 though.

F1 is seriously boring & artificial nowadays.

Charlie-Bravo

1

It'll definitely be interesting to see the ratings of each race at the end of the season. There's been some howlers this year.

I reckon max could have had a decent end of the race but due to engine saving backed off. It's a shame the way the sport is not as exciting as it used to be 20 years ago.

Inviere

2

I'll give it a 3 because of Verstappen. It was otherwise, as predicted, a near waste of time. Sochi needs to go

Ghost Train

3

I'll give it a 4 because there was a bit of overtaking, bit of racing between Vettel and Hamilton and even the team orders were sort of interesting

mickdw

Zero.
And nothing annoys me more than a driver who gladly took the win off bottas saying he doesn't want to win like that.
why not hand it back on the last lap? It might pay off better in the coming races to have bottas feeling happy with his lot.
who knows, we might have a situation in a later race where bottas is required to hold off vettel to hand Hamilton the championship. Bottas might not be able to manage that if the mood is not right.
Bottas made a point of taking a good look at Hamiltons rear tyres as soon as he got out of the car. That to me says he wasn't too happy with the tail he was fed during the race.

AMKC

2

I gave it a 3. Ferrari got there strategy right, there was some good racing at the beginning between Vettel and Hamilton and Max done great otherwise it was very boring and forgettable. I agree Sochi is not a good track and think it has to go. I think maybe going back to India, Korea or even Turkey as any of them tracks are more exciting than the Russian track.