Official 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Thread **SPOILERS**

[Bright Halo]

Piginapoke
You are true PH legend for producing the info and these threads re the F1 calendar.
Thank you!

Maybe the FIA are going to make amends this weekend for last year. Max makes some minor transgression like treading on one of Mercs pit box air hoses and the FIA award all his 2022 points to Lewis?
Who knows after what happened last year. Doesn’t time fly?

Anyway let’s hope we get a great race.

Edited by Bright Halo on Wednesday 16th November 11:32

[suffolk009]

I expect this race to be a bit quiet compared to last years.

[Diderot]

Thanks PiaP - absolute legend.

MV win for me unless there’s a collision.

[paulguitar]

Diderot said:

Thanks PiaP - absolute legend.

MV win for me unless there’s a collision.

Won't Verstappen be asked to help Perez so they can secure second position for him in the WDC?

[Jasandjules]

paulguitar said:

Won't Verstappen be asked to help Perez so they can secure second position for him in the WDC?

Well, he can be asked.... But you know those pesky radios go wrong a lot...

[Derek Smith]

suffolk009 said:

I expect this race to be a bit quiet compared to last years.

Now there's a hostage to fortune.

[ajprice]

Jasandjules said:

paulguitar said:

Won't Verstappen be asked to help Perez so they can secure second position for him in the WDC?

Well, he can be asked.... But you know those pesky radios go wrong a lot...

He also has REASONS THAT HE TOLD YOU ABOUT BEFORE SO DON'T ASK HIM AGAIN!

[simon_harris]

As much as I would like Hamilton to get a win this year that would feel really manufactured to me.

[Smollet]

simon_harris said:

As much as I would like Hamilton to get a win this year that would feel really manufactured to me.

Unlike last year’s win

[Gad-Westy]

simon_harris said:

As much as I would like Hamilton to get a win this year that would feel really manufactured to me.

Surely that depends how it comes about!

[mk1coopers]

As always thanks must go to PiaP for the thread, for this weekend, I'd like to see LH maintain his win in every season record.

[Fundoreen]

No doubt they pay a lot to be the last race of the year but it is on at a poor time. Being as they run under lights by the end they should start 5pm gmt.
Such a big event done and dusted by 3pm smacks of people wanting an early flight home.
Probably why last years contoversy was quickly brushed under the carpet as they scrambled to pack their bags
Then resurrected next day as they realized the fans are not mugs.

[Gad-Westy]

Fundoreen said:

No doubt they pay a lot to be the last race of the year but it is on at a poor time. Being as they run under lights by the end they should start 5pm gmt.
Such a big event done and dusted by 3pm smacks of people wanting an early flight home.
Probably why last years contoversy was quickly brushed under the carpet as they scrambled to pack their bags
Then resurrected next day as they realized the fans are not mugs.

Other than plenty of money changing hands, it makes absolutely no sense at all that this is the last race. It's a characterless circuit to end the season on and it comes a week after Brazil despite being on the opposite side of the world and all of the other middle east races being at the start of the season.

[Smollet]

Gad-Westy said:

Other than plenty of money changing hands, it makes absolutely no sense at all that this is the last race. It's a characterless circuit to end the season on and it comes a week after Brazil despite being on the opposite side of the world and all of the other middle east races being at the start of the season.

Wot e sed

[What The Deuces]

AND, OR

George will win

The Mercs will crash into each other

The Red Bulls will crash into each other

The Alpines will crash into each other


AND

DR will be lame

[Sandpit Steve]

Fundoreen said:

No doubt they pay a lot to be the last race of the year but it is on at a poor time. Being as they run under lights by the end they should start 5pm gmt.
Such a big event done and dusted by 3pm smacks of people wanting an early flight home.
Probably why last years contoversy was quickly brushed under the carpet as they scrambled to pack their bags
Then resurrected next day as they realized the fans are not mugs.

The time slot came about because FOM wanted the race on prime European Sunday afternoon TV, as they’d just demonstrated they could do in Singapore. By a happy coincidence, they can start at 17:00 local time just before sunset, so start in the light and finish in the dark, which gave another USP for the race.

Yes, they pay a lot to be the last race. Which, until last year, might often have been considered poor value for money, given the number of dead rubbers in the past decade.

Edited by Sandpit Steve on Wednesday 16th November 14:45

[Fundoreen]

I think they should take everyone's passports away so they stick around and report things properly. Then can all fly out next morning or afternoon.
So fed up with teds forklifts/packing you bags notebook.

[Pixelpeep 135]

Hamilton - might be wishful thinking (even though i'm a russell fan) but think he desperately needs at least ONE win in the season or he'll get on the stats book for all the wrong reasons!

[Fundoreen]

Pixelpeep 135 said:

Hamilton - might be wishful thinking (even though i'm a russell fan) but think he desperately needs at least ONE win in the season or he'll get on the stats book for all the wrong reasons!

Makes me laugh. Drivers that have won nothing ever in F1 are safe but someone that has drown in success is meant to be fretting.

[wevster]

Jasandjules said:

Well, he can be asked.... But you know those pesky radios go wrong a lot...

He has to be in a position to help Perez.

Perez is usually a few positions behind Max.

I hope he does have to help him though, it will be interesting to see if he does.