2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix grid

11 comments on “2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix grid”

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   Four Four Seven (@fourfourseven)
   25th November 2023, 15:06

   Well that wasn’t predictable, how boring for P1. Shame Lando had that slide.
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   Jere (@jerejj)
   25th November 2023, 15:09

   Sainz’s early elimination was surprising, but Hamilton’s in Q2 not really.
   Tsunoda is a positive surprise.
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   Tom
   25th November 2023, 15:11

   Poor from Hamilton yet again. Maybe it’s time to retire and give the car to someone who can actually make Q3.
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      MadMax (@madmax)
      25th November 2023, 15:18

      stupid comment, as he finishes at p3 in WDC, behind a vastly superior car.
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      David BR (@david-br)
      25th November 2023, 15:51

      Maybe. I think this has been his worst season. Staying at Mercedes and not retiring or moving to another team was a stale conservative decision, accepting Mercedes’ current downward curve and inevitably kind of matching it himself. A repeat disappointing car in 2024 and I can see him retiring on a low.
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         RBAlonso (@rbalonso)
         25th November 2023, 16:06

         Worse than 2011?

         He’s been in a car roughly fighting for between 3rd and 6th and has finished lower than 6th 3 times all season. He’s 72 points ahead of his team-mate and had a pole. I think his mistake in Qatar was poor and his first few rounds untidy but there’s no doubt he’s performing at a high level evidenced by 3rd in the championship with a car it’s difficult to argue has been 2nd best at most rounds.

         His legacy is attached to Mercedes, where could he have moved to to achieve better results? He’s 3rd in the title race and Merc 2nd.
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            Crawliin-from-the-wreckage (@davedai)
            25th November 2023, 16:29

            Look the big issue here is he is resolutely maintaining that 2 (or 3) month .gap between himself and Ricciardo since their last GP win..
            Ricciardo Oct 21 , the seven times , WORLD drivers champion Dec 21.
            The rest is just smoke and mirrors.

            “Lewis Hamilton baby!”

            Can I get a grid walk now?
            1. 

               MadMax (@madmax)
               25th November 2023, 18:29

               stupid hate comment
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            David BR (@david-br)
            25th November 2023, 18:40

            I think worse than 2011 as it’s been so uninspiring, aside from one good qualification. Maybe just swap ‘worse’ for ‘unmemorable.’ Is he still fast/good enough? Sure. My pessimism is over Mercedes. I think he’d have done just as well in a Ferrari and the interest would have been much higher, especially in such a dull season, the worst I’ve seen in two decades.
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         Edvaldo
         25th November 2023, 16:25

         I fail to see how this is his worst season at all.

         He together with Alonso were the best behind Max for most of the year.
         Now both faded a bit as their teams likely already shifted focus to the next season, so Mclaren and Ferrari are finishing the season stronger than them, and, in case of Hamilton, whatever happens this weekend, his 3rd place is secured already.

         If mercedes loses 2nd place, it’s not because of him. In fact they’re only still 2nd because of him.
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            David BR (@david-br)
            25th November 2023, 18:45

            I don’t disagree with any of that, he’s raced for the team only the past two seasons, working to improve a car that appears to have been designed without any understanding that it might be raced by an actual racing driver. One thing you could never accuse Newey/Red Bull of doing. But like I responded above, it’s been the most unmemorable in terms of Hamilton’s driving.

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